David Feldman
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · West Palm Beach, FLNPI 1598760308
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $214,530 of the $339,660 with a category attached, or 63.2%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Orthopediatrics Corp. at 35.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $137,062 and has fallen 99.3% since, to $892 in 2025.
Across 282 payments — averaging $1204.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$122K
- Globus Medical$121K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$93K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Axogen$209
- Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc.$172
- plus $980 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$214,53063%
- Consulting fees$95,44328%
- Travel & lodging$24,4517%
- Food & beverage$5,2372%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 16 | $121,888 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 45 | $121,487 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 57 | $93,043 |
| Smith+Nephew | 120 | $1,880 |
| Axogen | 5 | $209 |
| Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $172 |
| Stryker | 5 | $166 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $101 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $85 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 1 | $70 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 4 | $59 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $55 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $49 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $45 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $34 |
| Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Springworks Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Biogen | 1 | $25 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Vertex | 1 | $17 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, 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.
- Pulse$116,974
- Orthopediatric Implants$35,270
- MYSPINE$32,168
- MUST$30,220
- MUST MINI Set Screw$13,600
- TLIF$1,555
- VuePoint$1,555
- XLIF$1,035
- Sable$607
- NextAR Knee$469
- EVOS$119
- RELINE$107
How this compares
$339,660 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 159 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Florida.
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Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in West Palm Beach
- William KunkleWest Palm Beach$84K
- 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
- Thomas ErricoMiami$1.6M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.