Anthony Owusu
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Plano, TXNPI 1871751602
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $109,950 of the $149,151 with a category attached, or 73.7%. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Fuse Medical, Inc. at 59.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $60,511 and has fallen 94.3% since, to $3,420 in 2025.
Across 222 payments — averaging $671.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Fuse Medical, Inc.$89K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$40K
- Stryker$9K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
- Nexus Spine, LLC$2K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$1K
- plus $5K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$109,95074%
- Travel & lodging$26,65418%
- Food & beverage$10,0987%
- Other$2,4502%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fuse Medical, Inc. | 11 | $89,348 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 62 | $39,876 |
| Stryker | 76 | $8,539 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $2,450 |
| Nexus Spine, LLC | 3 | $2,235 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 4 | $1,370 |
| VGI Medical, LLC | 5 | $1,111 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 7 | $996 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 9 | $767 |
| CPM Medical Consultants, LLC | 6 | $736 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $331 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $269 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $262 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $229 |
| Corelink, LLC | 1 | $167 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $101 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $100 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $66 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $31 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $28 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $21 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $16 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Abbott | 1 | $13 |
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.
- MYSPINE$27,402
- ES2$3,104
- TRITANIUM$2,652
- PressOn$2,200
- PRODISC L$1,270
- NAVIGATOR$646
- AERO$563
- SERRATO$563
- MECTA-C$345
- VerteLoc/CerteLoc/VerteLP/SiJoin$307
- SiJoin$296
- VerteLoc$296
- CerLoc$296
- VerteLP$296
- LLIF PLATE$293
- ALEUTIAN TLIF$293
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$269
- MUST$216
- SiJoin/VerteLoc/CerteLoc$205
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$172
How this compares
$149,151 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 207 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Texas.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 13 | $117 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 11 | $46 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Plano
- Michael ObrienPlano$1M
- Scott BlumenthalPlano$833K
- Richard GuyerPlano$758K
- Ralph RashbaumPlano$616K
- Mark ValentePlano$411K
- Jessica ShellockPlano$264K
- Kendall CarllPlano$138K
- Alexander SatinPlano$83K
- Renato BositaPlano$51K
- Randall DryerAustin$2.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.