Jamal Taha, MD
Neurological Surgery · Centerville, OHNPI 1801861018
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $289,368 of the $340,632 with a category attached, or 85.0%. Medtronic accounts for 98.0% of it on its own, with 24 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $125,099 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $143 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 214 payments — averaging $1591.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$334K
- Cerapedics Inc.$5K
- Nexus Spine, LLC$622
- Intrinsic Therapeutics$200
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$134
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$116
- plus $675 from 19 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $300.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Intrinsic Therapeutics$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2900%
- Speaking & faculty fees$289,36885%
- Travel & lodging$46,51014%
- Food & beverage$4,1401%
- Education$650%
- Gifts$2590%
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(2 entities) | 142 | $333,898 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 14 | $4,987 |
| Nexus Spine, LLC | 7 | $622 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 10 | $200 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $134 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $116 |
| Abbott | 2 | $99 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $86 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 5 | $82 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $46 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $42 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 3 | $25 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Medicrea USA, Corp. | 1 | $24 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $17 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Community Blood Center | 1 | $13 |
| Nevro Corp. | 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.
- CD HORIZON$90,985
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$67,520
- INFUSE BONE GRAFT$62,086
- CLYDESDALE$23,563
- PRESTIGE$12,989
- RIALTO$12,369
- DIVERGENCE-L$10,440
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$9,308
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$3,500
- ENDOSKELETON TL NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$3,500
- O-ARM-Spine$2,320
- i-FACTOR Putty$1,810
- PressOn$424
- Catalyft$171
- INTELLIS$124
- mild Device Kit$119
How this compares
$340,632 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 301 neurological surgery providers in Ohio.
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 neurological surgery in Centerville
- Abdi MohitCleveland$884K
- William ZerickWesterville$778K
- Christian BonassoColumbus$656K
- Russell LonserColumbus$419K
- Zachary TempelCincinnati$351K
- Chris KarasColumbus$339K
- Kamal WoodsMiamisburg$268K
- David XuColumbus$263K
- Michael KachmannCincinnati$247K
- Mark BainCleveland$242K
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.