Jacob Birlingmair, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Wichita, KSNPI 1407351968
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (58.2%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 26.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,914 and has fallen 61.1% since, to $1,134 in 2025.
Across 87 payments — averaging $97.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$905
- Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC$321
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,20238%
- Food & beverage$4,91058%
- Education$3294%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 31 | $2,197 |
| Stryker | 12 | $1,335 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $1,268 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 7 | $1,021 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 19 | $905 |
| Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC | 2 | $321 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 2 | $306 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $233 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $193 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $155 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Degen Medical, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Amgen | 1 | $97 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $30 |
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.
- Velys$1,042
- N/A$1,040
- XLIF$408
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$304
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$280
- Trinity ELITE$233
- Expedium VERSE$221
- ROSA$193
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$162
- Sable$159
- INFINITY OCCIPITOCERVICAL UPPER THORACIC SYSTEM$157
- FIBERGRAFT Aeridyan Matrix$149
- Excelsius Deformity$147
- FORTIFY$147
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$141
- MagnetOs$138
- aprevo$119
- ALIF$118
- INCEPTIV$105
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Kansasto 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 71 | $803 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 43 | $547 |
| Gabapentin | 38 | $188 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 19 | $160 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 18 | $86 |
| Meloxicam | 43 | $64 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Wichita
- Alan MoskowitzWichita$1M
- Mark WhitakerWichita$19K
- Steven EricksenWichita$10K
- Joshua BunchKansas City$70K
- Shyam ShridharaniOlathe$63K
- Douglas BurtonKansas City$43K
- Joseph WeinerKansas City$16K
- Joshua KarlinLeawood$14K
- Robert JacksonKansas City$3K
- Neda GilmartinHutchinson$1K
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.