Pain Medicine in Covina, CA
3 verified pain medicine doctors in Covina.
Pain medicine physicians diagnose and treat acute and chronic pain using medication, procedures, and therapy.
NPPES tenure ≠ clinical experience. "Years on NPPES" is time since the physician first registered a National Provider Identifier, not time practicing medicine. Verify current license status with the state medical board.
Dr. Ben Shwachman, 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. Dharmesh Mehta, MD
Pain Medicine
CMS Open Payments· $3,927 (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.
$3,927
Total received
137
Transactions
16
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 90% of that group — among the highest recipients.
Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US pain medicine doctors.
Payments to Dharmesh Mehta do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.
Dr. James Kim, MD
Pain Medicine
CMS Open Payments· $1,268 (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.
$1,268
Total received
44
Transactions
9
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 77th percentile of that group.
Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US pain medicine doctors.
Payments to James Kim do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.