Ashraf Ragab, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Clearwater, FLNPI 1851387476
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 40 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Corelink, LLC at 37.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $799 and has fallen 89.0% since, to $88 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $16,334.
Across 40 payments — averaging $52.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Corelink, LLC$785
- Abbott$748
- Boston Scientific$272
- Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC$88
- MVP Orthopedics Inc$44
- Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc$23
- plus $145 from 9 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $395.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Abbott$790
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,103100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Corelink, LLC | 7 | $785 |
| Abbott | 14 | $748 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $272 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 2 | $88 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $44 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $23 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $11 |
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.
How this compares
$2,103 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 159 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Florida.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 38 | $810 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 30 | $448 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 20 | $388 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $89 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $34 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Clearwater
- James DavidsonClearwater$272K
- Michael VeneziaClearwater$201K
- Harry ShufflebargerMiami$3.5M
- Paul KellerMelbourne$3.4M
- Thomas SweeneySarasota$2.3M
- Geoffrey CronenTampa$2.2M
- James BillysOdessa$1.9M
- Mark DekutoskiDestin$1.8M
- Farhan SiddiqiOdessa$1.7M
- Samuel JosephSafety Harbor$1.7M
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.