Pain Medicine in Lake Charles, LA
2 verified pain medicine doctors in Lake Charles.
Pain medicine physicians diagnose and treat acute and chronic pain using medication, procedures, and therapy.
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Dr. Vipul Shelat, MD
Pain Medicine
CMS Open Payments· No payments in 2023
Industry Payments
No industry payments on record in the 2023 CMS Open Payments data. This doctor received no reported payments from drug or device makers that year.
Dr. Joseph Crookshank, MD
Pain Medicine
CMS Open Payments· $536.18 (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.
$536.18
Total received
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Transactions
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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 ranks around the 62th percentile of that group.
Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US pain medicine doctors.
Payments to Joseph Crookshank do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.