James Harman, DO
Neurological Surgery · Charleston, WVNPI 1033477278
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $19,201 of the $28,008 with a category attached, or 68.6%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Si-bone, Inc. at 30.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,077 and has fallen 75.0% since, to $1,769 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in WV with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 354 payments — averaging $79.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Si-bone, Inc.$8K
- Medtronic$8K
- Abbott$4K
- Microvention, Inc.$2K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$983
- plus $3K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8,53430%
- Food & beverage$19,20169%
- Education$2731%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Si-bone, Inc. | 98 | $8,471 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 81 | $7,804 |
| Abbott | 69 | $3,602 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 11 | $2,307 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 41 | $2,257 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 12 | $983 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $967 |
| Nevro Corp. | 15 | $668 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $318 |
| Stryker | 7 | $291 |
| Wenzel Spine, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $67 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $62 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $30 |
| BD | 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.
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$2,858
- iFuse Implant$2,452
- MazorX - Renaissance$2,052
- WEB$1,886
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$1,769
- PROCLAIM$1,145
- Pipeline$1,083
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$998
- Penumbra System$724
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$435
- Senza$385
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$334
- PULSERIDER$277
- EMBOTRAP II Revascularization Device$277
- CEREPAK UNIFORM$247
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$181
- Solitaire$154
- O-ARM-Spine$149
- VISTASEAL$141
- Harmonic$141
How this compares
$28,008 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 45 neurological surgery providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 103 | $424 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 19 | $333 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 36 | $191 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 38 | $170 |
| Methylprednisolone | 24 | $159 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 18 | $157 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 29 | $127 |
| Meclizine Hcl | 11 | $117 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 15 | $97 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $91 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 18 | $72 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Charleston
- Calvin WhaleyCharleston$5K
- Lana ChristianoCharleston$3K
- Stepan CapekCharleston$1K
- John SchmidtCharleston$54
- Robert CrowCharleston$14
- John OrphanosSouth Charleston$117K
- Christopher CifarelliMorgantown$55K
- Dwight SaulleHuntington$41K
- Heather Pinckard DoverHuntington$33K
- Alexander BraleyMorgantown$17K
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.