Catherine Olinger, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Iowa City, IANPI 1417342536
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (38.5%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Globus Medical accounts for 91.4% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $18,518 and has fallen 98.3% since, to $317 in 2025.
Across 148 payments — averaging $344.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$47K
- Medtronic$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$216
- Johnson & Johnson$54
- Davol Inc.$12
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,85017%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,70033%
- Travel & lodging$19,60538%
- Food & beverage$5,80511%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 96 | $46,561 |
| Medtronic | 36 | $2,969 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 11 | $1,149 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $216 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $54 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- RISE-L$11,621
- RISE-L . RISE-L A/L$8,934
- Quartex$8,750
- ELSA$2,155
- XLIF$2,086
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$1,809
- TLIF$1,252
- CORBEL$1,090
- REFLECT/REFLECT HDE$1,074
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$990
- CD HORIZON$842
- INDEPENDENCE$835
- Spine$821
- ELSA, ELSA AL/ATP$775
- Excelsius Robotics System$447
- Persona$327
- Excelsius - GPS$269
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$217
- ROSA$195
- Bendini$160
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Iowato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Iowa City
- Andrew PugelyIowa City$208K
- Evan LarsonIowa City$9K
- Joshua BarberCedar Rapids$112K
- Brian HandalWest Des Moines$92K
- Mark PalitClarion$19K
- Zaki IbrahimClive$19K
- Mitchell HughesWest Des Moines$9K
- Michael ChapmanDubuque$9K
- Trevor SchmitzDes Moines$6K
- Benjamin MaclennanNorth Liberty$4K
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.