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Thuan Dao, MD

Pain Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1164778528

Payments from drug & device makers

$23,362in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 625 payments — averaging $37.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$5K
  • Medtronic$4K
  • Boston Scientific$2K
  • Abbott$2K
  • Nevro Corp.$1K
  • Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$1K
  • plus $7K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$6,73129%
  • Food & beverage$16,26670%
  • Education$3171%
  • Gifts$110%
  • Entertainment$380%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.35$4,946
Medtronic(2 entities)62$3,983
Boston Scientific31$2,477
Abbott78$2,306
Nevro Corp.32$1,435
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.102$1,355
Biotronik NRO, Inc.11$555
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC38$536
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.30$494
Painteq LLC11$464
Genesys Orthopedics Systems, L.L.C.4$351
Zynex Medical, Inc.1$336
Gilead3$311
Amgen(2 entities)16$265
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.21$220
Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.23$211
Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.8$205
AstraZeneca3$199
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA12$167
Globus Medical4$148
Davol Inc.1$147
Averitas Pharma Inc.6$139
Spinal Simplicity, LLC5$126
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.1$125
Redhill Biopharma Inc.8$121
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated1$118
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$104
Bioventus LLC6$103
Stryker1$97
GRT US Holding, Inc.4$91
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.5$87
Valinor Pharma, LLC4$80
Nalu Medical, Inc.3$79
Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc.5$77
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$76
Eisai Inc.4$68
Vertos Medical, Inc.1$61
Forte Bio-pharma LLC1$60
Merz North America, Inc.3$51
Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC3$49
Pfizer3$43
Tersera Therapeutics LLC2$39
Flowonix Medical Incorporated1$38
Shionogi Inc2$37
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.2$36
Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.1$35
Acacia Pharma Inc2$34
Vertiflex, Inc.1$32
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$30
AbbVie2$26
Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$23
IBSA Pharma Inc.1$23
West Therapeutics Development, LLC1$22
Elutia, Inc.1$21
SPR Therapeutics, Inc1$19
Avanos Medical1$18
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$16
Bausch Health US, LLC1$15
Si-bone, Inc.1$15
Medline Industries LP1$14

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.

How this compares

$23,362 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 583 pain medicine providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$148,458
Medicare patients
132
Services billed
4,260

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
RelistorMethylnaltrexone Bromide35$85,000
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen1,946$56,508
Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate64$37,381
Diclofenac Sodium135$25,803
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen643$18,220
LyricaPregabalin14$16,657
OxycontinOxycodone Hcl30$16,158
Fentanyl57$10,851
MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate25$10,307
Gabapentin839$9,389
BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl15$8,175
Pregabalin502$7,860
Oxycodone Hcl353$7,510
Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate281$7,279
Lidocaine81$7,279

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCRelistor$536$85,00035 claims
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Xtampza Er, Belbuca$1,355$45,55679 claims
PfizerLyrica$43$16,65714 claims
Redhill Biopharma Inc.Movantik$121$10,30725 claims
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USABuprenorphine, Morphine Sulfate$167$8,768112 claims
AbbVieLinzess$26$5,81111 claims
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido$87$4,38612 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 583 pain medicine providers in Texas.

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