Zeev Kain
Anesthesiology · New Haven, CTNPI 1306829478
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $228,918 of the $273,107 with a category attached, or 83.8%. Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated accounts for 66.8% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $111,010 and has fallen 92.5% since, to $8,293 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in CT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 153 payments — averaging $1785.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$182K
- Edwards Lifesciences$57K
- Covidien LP$21K
- BD$11K
- Abbott$1K
- Smith+Nephew$70
- plus $42 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$228,91884%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,8176%
- Travel & lodging$21,6418%
- Food & beverage$5,7322%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 78 | $182,377 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 54 | $56,893 |
| Covidien LP | 9 | $21,009 |
| BD | 9 | $11,316 |
| Abbott | 1 | $1,400 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $70 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
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.
- EXPAREL$180,631
- ProGrip$4,500
- FreeStyle Libre$1,400
- EV1000 Clinical Platform$146
- Iovera$131
- Zilretta$131
How this compares
$273,107 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 664 anesthesiology providers in Connecticut.
Other anesthesiology in New Haven
- Alison ConsidineNew Haven$82K
- William RosenblattNew Haven$40K
- Paul HeerdtNew Haven$36K
- Prakash PatelNew Haven$20K
- Aymen AlianNew Haven$17K
- Wanda PopescuNew Haven$7K
- Miriam TreggiariNew Haven$5K
- Amit BardiaNew Haven$5K
- Jonathan HansenNew Haven$3K
- Luiz MaracajaNew Haven$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.