Iain Elliott, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Anchorage, AKNPI 1942629688
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (36.5%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 57.3% of the total.
Across 151 payments — averaging $198.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$17K
- Goode Surgical Inc$3K
- Stryker$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Arthrex$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- plus $2K from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,9607%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,00027%
- Grants$2501%
- Travel & lodging$10,93837%
- Food & beverage$6,39021%
- Education$2,4008%
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 | 31 | $17,162 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 8 | $2,804 |
| Stryker | 38 | $2,705 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $2,068 |
| Arthrex | 18 | $1,583 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 39 | $1,308 |
| Summit Surgical Corp. | 5 | $984 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $849 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $288 |
| Novastep Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 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.
- Anthem$8,552
- Excelsius - GPS$5,148
- Clavical Fixation (16-186)$1,781
- VARIAX$814
- ELSA ATP$493
- Excelsius Robotics System$430
- PELVIS II$329
- CREO$290
- NONE$250
- PRO$239
- AXSOS$215
- T2 ALPHA$215
- T2$173
- MAKO$163
- HOFFMANN$156
- PECA Bunion Correction System$148
- Distal Femur Plate$143
- TRAUMA NAVIGATION SYSTEM$139
- VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS$125
- IM NAILS$125
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Alaskato 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 Anchorage
- James EuleAnchorage$17K
- Derrick FogeAnchorage$7K
- Gene FalkowskiAnchorage$5K
- Upshur SpencerAnchorage$4K
- Mark FlanumAnchorage$3K
- Curtis MinaAnchorage$3K
- Davis PetersonAnchorage$272
- Steven HumphreysSoldotna$199K
- Stewart KerrFairbanks$51K
- John AndreshakSoldotna$22K
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.