Eric Neumann, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Akron, OHNPI 1841796885
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $7,179 of the $9,469 with a category attached, or 75.8%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 51.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $5,421 and has fallen 53.1% since, to $2,541 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $9,469.
Across 87 payments — averaging $108.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Synthes GmbH$3K
- Globus Medical$949
- Johnson & Johnson$758
- Arthrex$105
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$47
- plus $26 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,17976%
- Food & beverage$2,29024%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 54 | $4,839 |
| Synthes GmbH | 5 | $2,745 |
| Globus Medical | 11 | $949 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $758 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $105 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
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.
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,406
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$989
- SYMPHONY$111
- ARTHREX$105
- CONDUIT$103
- Expedium VERSE$103
How this compares
$9,469 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 64 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Ohio.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 25 | $174 |
| Meloxicam | 23 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Akron
- Scot MillerAkron$404K
- Keegan ConryAkron$86K
- Bradley InkrottAkron$83K
- Douglas EhrlerAkron$3K
- Gordon PrestonAkron$2K
- Matthew JaykelAkron$2K
- Ashok BiyaniToledo$1.2M
- Jason SavageCleveland$735K
- Jerold GurleyCleveland$649K
- Paul EichenseerWesterville$369K
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.