Pain Medicine in La Jolla, CA
1 verified pain medicine doctor in La Jolla.
Pain medicine physicians diagnose and treat acute and chronic pain using medication, procedures, and therapy.
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Dr. Michael Chung, MD
Pain Medicine
CMS Open Payments· $18,822 (2023)
Industry Payments (2023)
Reported by drug and device makers to CMS Open Payments. These payments are legal and disclosed — shown as context, not a judgment.
$18,822
Total received
41
Transactions
10
Paying companies
Top paying companies
Among the 2,326 pain medicine doctors we've analyzed, about 72% received any industry payment (median $621 among those who did). This doctor's total is higher than 96% of that group — among the highest recipients.
Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US pain medicine doctors.
Payments to Michael Chung do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.