Ali Azad, MD
Hand Surgery · Los Angeles, CANPI 1487064127
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (43.0%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Skeletal Dynamics Inc at 39.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,390, more than ten times the $196 reported in 2019.
Across 42 payments — averaging $457.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$7K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$7K
- Medartis Inc.$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$450
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$254
- Axogen$228
- plus $724 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,25043%
- Food & beverage$2,70114%
- Education$8,25343%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 4 | $7,486 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 11 | $6,683 |
| Medartis Inc. | 5 | $3,378 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $450 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 3 | $254 |
| Axogen | 2 | $228 |
| Stryker | 1 | $158 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $133 |
| Integrum Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 1 | $103 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $87 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $18 |
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.
- INTEGRA$10,701
- Geminus$7,456
- Align$7,456
- IJS$7,456
- Implate$7,456
- APTUS$3,307
- ADVANCED WOUND CARE$1,250
- HAMMERLOCK$265
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$234
- PRIMATRIX$234
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$164
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$164
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$164
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$164
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$164
- VARIAX$158
- LCP$144
- AQUAMANTYS$111
- OPRA Implant System$105
- NA$100
How this compares
$19,204 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 249 hand surgery providers in California.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other hand surgery in Los Angeles
- Steven ShinLos Angeles$2.8M
- Prosper BenhaimLos Angeles$492K
- Raymond RavenLos Angeles$310K
- Luke NicholsonLos Angeles$117K
- Ryan DellamaggioraLos Angeles$61K
- Eugene TsaiLos Angeles$26K
- Milan StevanovicLos Angeles$14K
- Neil JonesLos Angeles$9K
- Amy LaddStanford$1.4M
- Emilie CheungStanford$1.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.