Thomas Whealton, DO
Pain Medicine · Corbin, KYNPI 1811254105
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,002 of the $5,586 with a category attached, or 89.6%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 46.3% of the total.
Across 119 payments — averaging $46.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$3K
- Globus Medical$986
- Medtronic$881
- Boston Scientific$428
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$153
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$80
- plus $470 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$58310%
- Food & beverage$5,00290%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 56 | $2,588 |
| Globus Medical | 14 | $986 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 11 | $881 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $428 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $153 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $80 |
| Amgen | 3 | $76 |
| Abbott | 5 | $71 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $16 |
| International Rehabilitative Sciences, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $15 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Novartis | 1 | $12 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Senza$1,252
- Omnia$541
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$345
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$282
- ADAPTIVESTIM$159
- Qutenza$153
- Vyrsa V1$101
How this compares
$5,586 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 90 pain medicine providers in Kentucky.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 2,494 | $40,128 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 3,285 | $35,084 |
| Gabapentin | 1,929 | $18,712 |
| Pregabalin | 461 | $12,688 |
| Buprenorphine | 31 | $7,584 |
| Epinephrine | 22 | $4,919 |
| AmantadineAmantadine Hcl | 27 | $3,590 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 228 | $3,562 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 11 | $3,429 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 99 | $1,680 |
| Pentazocine-Naloxone HclPentazocine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 12 | $1,329 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 60 | $1,031 |
| Lidocaine | 12 | $838 |
| Fentanyl | 14 | $773 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 131 | $746 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Corbin
- Karim RasheedCorbin$6K
- Anjum BuxDanville$595K
- Christopher MallardLexington$47K
- Vinod MuniswamyGeorgetown$39K
- John RuxerPaducah$33K
- Timothy BeachamLouisville$31K
- Mazhar RasulLexington$30K
- Tejas ShahAshland$23K
- Lance HoffmanFlorence$22K
- Jonathan GraingerFlorence$22K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.