Daniel Degenova
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Columbus, OHNPI 1679101489
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (52.7%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.3%. 2025 is the largest year on record at $11,652, 4.3 times the $2,729 reported in 2022.
Across 103 payments — averaging $168.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$3K
- CDC Medical LLC$2K
- Medtronic$688
- Globus Medical$669
- plus $3K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,16753%
- Food & beverage$5,58832%
- Education$2,64015%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 17 | $3,524 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 20 | $3,328 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 20 | $3,288 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 3 | $2,407 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $688 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 6 | $669 |
| COSA Medical, LLC | 3 | $622 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $568 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $534 |
| Stryker | 6 | $516 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $462 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $296 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $126 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $112 |
| Axogen | 1 | $89 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $17 |
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.
- CONDUIT$1,890
- Persona$1,301
- NorthStar$1,222
- Velys$1,046
- Mariner MIS$579
- MISCELLANEOUS$549
- ELSA$314
- WaveForm A$215
- Novosorb BTM$213
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$168
- Mariner$154
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$152
- ONPATTRO$147
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$143
- XLIF$141
- RELINE$141
- Spinal-Stim$137
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$132
- MAKO$131
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$129
How this compares
$17,394 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 64 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Ohio.
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Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Columbus
- Robert RyuColumbus$61K
- Collin LambaColumbus$3K
- Varun SinghColumbus$2K
- Ashok BiyaniToledo$1.2M
- Jason SavageCleveland$735K
- Jerold GurleyCleveland$649K
- Scot MillerAkron$404K
- Paul EichenseerWesterville$369K
- Haariss IlyasCleveland$314K
- Jaideep ChunduriCincinnati$264K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.