Joseph Weiner, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Kansas City, KSNPI 1053702522
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (57.6%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 29.3% of the total.
Across 114 payments — averaging $138.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$5K
- Globus Medical$3K
- Stryker$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$918
- Medtronic$482
- plus $930 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,07158%
- Food & beverage$5,85837%
- Education$8145%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 16 | $4,612 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 17 | $3,404 |
| Stryker | 36 | $3,230 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 13 | $2,167 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $918 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $482 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 3 | $377 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $248 |
| Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC | 1 | $182 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $21 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$3,750
- Quartex$1,953
- MAKO$877
- T2$721
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$695
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$645
- REUNION$452
- GAMMA$452
- ADAPT$452
- Geminus$377
- Align$377
- IJS$377
- Implate$377
- TRITANIUM$268
- EXPEDIUM$233
- Fortify / Fortify-I$220
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$175
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$174
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$174
- O-ARM-ST$166
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 18 | $613 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 38 | $427 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $91 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $72 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Kansas City
- Joshua BunchKansas City$70K
- Douglas BurtonKansas City$43K
- Robert JacksonKansas City$3K
- Larry CordellKansas City$0
- Alan MoskowitzWichita$1M
- Shyam ShridharaniOlathe$63K
- Mark WhitakerWichita$19K
- Joshua KarlinLeawood$14K
- Steven EricksenWichita$10K
- Jacob BirlingmairWichita$8K
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.