Basheer Shakir, MD
Neurological Surgery · Atlanta, GANPI 1932361680
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Spine Wave, Inc. at 43.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $4,601 and has fallen 77.6% since, to $1,031 in 2025.
Across 66 payments — averaging $224.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spine Wave, Inc.$6K
- Corelink, LLC$2K
- Spineology Inc.$2K
- Nexxt Spine LLC$1K
- Life Spine, Inc.$978
- 4web, Inc.$958
- plus $2K from 14 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $58,226 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Vesalio, Inc.$175K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,90053%
- Travel & lodging$4,50230%
- Food & beverage$2,25115%
- Education$1781%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 15 | $6,492 |
| Corelink, LLC | 7 | $2,112 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $1,511 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 3 | $1,148 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 9 | $978 |
| 4web, Inc. | 4 | $958 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $489 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $343 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 2 | $216 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $189 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $178 |
| Stryker | 2 | $41 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $37 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $26 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $21 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $18 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Natus Medical Incorporated | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Spinal Implants$3,000
- Rampart Duo Interbody Fusion System$1,500
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$892
- Matrixx Corpectomy System$865
- SALVO SPINE SYSTEM$400
- Centerline Thoracolumbar Spinal System$377
- Nexxt Matrixx Systems$283
- Struxxure System$283
- SIMpact$251
- MULTIPLE$216
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$189
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$189
- Mobi-C$178
- ProLift Lateral$137
- ProLift Lateral Helo$137
- Arx SAI$137
- TruLift Lateral$137
- O-ARM$136
- ProLift Micro$113
- SYNCHROMEDII$109
How this compares
$14,830 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 201 neurological surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 55 | $716 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 34 | $711 |
| Methocarbamol | 16 | $134 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $113 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Atlanta
- Regis HaidAtlanta$25.5M
- Thomas MorrisonAtlanta$2.8M
- Christopher TomarasAtlanta$1.5M
- Daniel RefaiAtlanta$1.2M
- Gerald RodtsAtlanta$1.2M
- James RobinsonAtlanta$993K
- Michele JohnsonAtlanta$540K
- David McCrackenAtlanta$425K
- Robert GrossAtlanta$315K
- Kaveh KhajaviAtlanta$225K
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.