Tejas Shah
Pain Medicine · Ashland, KYNPI 1821442849
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $15,233 of the $22,557 with a category attached, or 67.5%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 32.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,456 and has fallen 98.4% since, to $147 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in KY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 286 payments — averaging $78.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$7K
- Medtronic$7K
- Boston Scientific$7K
- Nevro Corp.$643
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$228
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$147
- plus $414 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$15,23368%
- Food & beverage$7,32432%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 69 | $7,264 |
| Medtronic | 69 | $7,072 |
| Boston Scientific | 129 | $6,790 |
| Nevro Corp. | 11 | $643 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $228 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $137 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $23 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- PROCLAIM$6,053
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$2,584
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$2,346
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$1,733
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,426
- KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty$1,230
- SUPERION$418
- Omnia$255
- mild Device Kit$228
- Prospera$147
- SPRINT PNS System$137
- Senza$135
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$125
- CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT$115
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$101
How this compares
$22,557 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 90 pain medicine providers in Kentucky.
Other pain medicine in Ashland
- Leon BriggsAshland$10K
- Anjum BuxDanville$595K
- Christopher MallardLexington$47K
- Vinod MuniswamyGeorgetown$39K
- John RuxerPaducah$33K
- Timothy BeachamLouisville$31K
- Mazhar RasulLexington$30K
- Lance HoffmanFlorence$22K
- Jonathan GraingerFlorence$22K
- Lasha EsebuaHenderson$20K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.