William James, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Toledo, OHNPI 1851388060
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $11,320 of the $13,646 with a category attached, or 83.0%. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 28.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,108 and has fallen 68.9% since, to $1,276 in 2025.
Across 410 payments — averaging $33.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4K
- MML US, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Boston Scientific$756
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$735
- plus $3K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,32617%
- Food & beverage$11,32083%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 122 | $3,918 |
| MML US, Inc. | 14 | $1,809 |
| Abbott | 51 | $1,565 |
| Nevro Corp. | 55 | $1,491 |
| Boston Scientific | 25 | $756 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 5 | $735 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 10 | $587 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 6 | $429 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 21 | $384 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 11 | $358 |
| Pfizer | 19 | $245 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 9 | $180 |
| Globus Medical | 12 | $176 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 8 | $173 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $131 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 2 | $104 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $102 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $80 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $61 |
| Vertex | 3 | $58 |
| Stryker | 1 | $32 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 2 | $28 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Intracept$1,716
- ReActiv8$1,516
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,111
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$398
- PROCLAIM$377
- INTELLIS$335
- Superion ISS$327
- Senza$262
- ETERNA$209
- Vanta$159
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$145
- mild Device Kit$144
- INCEPTIV$107
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$106
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$105
How this compares
$13,646 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 67 interventional pain medicine providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buprenorphine | 25 | $5,782 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 72 | $1,473 |
| Gabapentin | 75 | $1,034 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 42 | $884 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 34 | $733 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 73 | $649 |
| Pregabalin | 14 | $334 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $278 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 12 | $229 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | $79 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $53 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 12 | $25 |
| Methocarbamol | 15 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Toledo
- James OttingToledo$47K
- Nadeem MoghalToledo$17K
- Amar GoyalToledo$7K
- Ashok SalviToledo$2K
- Muhammad HefzyToledo$1K
- Gladstone McDowellColumbus$660K
- Humam AkbikFairfield$116K
- Sara NashiCincinnati$116K
- Jaudat MahmoodKent$97K
- Omar AliSpringfield$67K
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.