Joshua Abrams, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Phoenix, AZNPI 1649482084
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $218,227 of the $310,791 with a category attached, or 70.2%. 40 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 45.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $69,400 and has fallen 62.4% since, to $26,083 in 2025.
Across 378 payments — averaging $822.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$143K
- Surgentec$52K
- Omnia Medical, LLC$42K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$28K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$18K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$15K
- plus $15K from 34 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $5837.50 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.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$9K
- Additive Implants, Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$45,32815%
- Consulting fees$218,22770%
- Travel & lodging$35,19211%
- Food & beverage$11,9824%
- Entertainment$610%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 76 | $142,574 |
| Surgentec | 4 | $51,578 |
| Omnia Medical, LLC | 2 | $41,500 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 53 | $27,513 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 40 | $18,096 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 21 | $14,905 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 10 | $3,133 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 13 | $3,119 |
| Globus Medical | 9 | $1,231 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 33 | $1,119 |
| Stryker | 23 | $1,026 |
| Abbott | 16 | $923 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 19 | $860 |
| Nevro Corp. | 11 | $740 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $363 |
| Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $289 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 11 | $255 |
| Spineology Inc. | 3 | $227 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $170 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $149 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 2 | $113 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 1 | $91 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $82 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $75 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $65 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Amgen | 2 | $54 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $48 |
| BD | 1 | $45 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Medicrea USA, Corp. | 1 | $41 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 1 | $40 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $25 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Smith+Nephew | 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.
- VIPER$99,005
- CONCORDE$97,053
- ViviGen$89,718
- COUGAR$88,167
- CONDUIT$51,992
- Osteoflo$34,188
- MYSPINE$24,259
- Hydroputty$17,141
- SYNJECT$6,940
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$6,000
- Vivigen MIS Delivery System$4,940
- Other - Miscellaneous$2,866
- Ascent$2,034
- NextAR Knee$1,378
- Teligen$1,169
- MUST$822
- Excelsius Robotics System$795
- M6-C Artificial Cervical Disc$619
- Proclaim IPG$440
- Omnia$402
How this compares
$310,791 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 64 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Arizona.
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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 Hcl | 48 | $323 |
| Gabapentin | 43 | $302 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 43 | $275 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 26 | $196 |
| Methylprednisolone | 19 | $179 |
| Cephalexin | 23 | $150 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 18 | $120 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 14 | $99 |
| Methocarbamol | 13 | $70 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Harvinder BediPhoenix$740K
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- Louis RappoportPhoenix$236K
- David JacksonPhoenix$189K
- Kunwar KhalsaPhoenix$182K
- Norman ChutkanPhoenix$114K
- Shaleen ViraPhoenix$109K
- Vikram MayuranPhoenix$76K
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.