Alafuro Tekena Oruene, MD
NPI 1649230491ActiveIndividual· Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine· Las Vegas, NV
Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine (MD) with Apex Medical Center, practicing in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their prescriptions cost Medicare Part D more than their services did: $204,823 for 2,529 claims, against $100,079 paid for services in 2024. Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division of Bausch Health US, LLC was the largest of 10 companies reporting payments in 2025, $809.56 in all, mostly food and beverage.
Overview
| NPI | 1649230491 |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Entity type | Individual |
| Credential | MD |
| Sole proprietor | No |
| NPI issued | Mar 24, 2006 |
| Last updated in NPPES | Aug 16, 2016 |
Specialties and licenses
| Taxonomy | Code | License | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine Primary | 208VP0014X | 1316 | NV |
| Specialist | 174400000X | 11664 | NV |
| Internal Medicine | 207R00000X | 224261 | NV |
Exclusion screening
| List | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026 | No match | Checked by NPI and by name + state |
| North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
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Medicare
| Enrollment (PECOS) | Enrolled Practitioner - Interventional Pain Management (NV) |
|---|---|
| Accepts assignment | Yes (participating) |
Medicare services in 2024
| Medicare patients | 131 |
|---|---|
| Services billed | 1,215 across 29 procedure codes |
| Paid by Medicare | $100,079 |
Part D prescriptions in 2024
| Prescriptions (claims) | 2,529 · 2,575 30-day fills |
|---|---|
| Patients | 265 |
| Total drug cost | $204,823 |
| Generic share | 96% of claims |
Education and affiliations
| Graduation year | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Medicare specialty | Interventional Pain Management |
| Secondary specialties | Internal Medicine |
| Telehealth | Offers telehealth |
Medical group
- Apex Medical CenterLas Vegas, NV · 11 clinicians
Industry payments (Open Payments)
- 2025$809.56 · 35 payments from 10 companies
- 2024$560.65 · 24 payments from 11 companies
Top paying companies in 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division of Bausch Health US, LLC | $315.62 | 14 |
| Forte Bio-Pharma LLC | $253.14 | 9 |
| Pfizer Inc. | $103.28 | 4 |
| Abbvie Inc. | $39.81 | 2 |
| Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. | $21.44 | 1 |
What the 2025 payments were for
- Food and Beverage$809.56 · 35 payments
Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records
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