K Riew, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · New York, NYNPI 1518983832
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,685,671 of the $1,776,849 with a category attached, or 94.9%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 37.6% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NY 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 122 payments — averaging $14,564 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$668K
- Zimmer Biomet$557K
- Zimvie Inc.$326K
- Highridge Medical LLC$188K
- Happe Spine$22K
- Medtronic$16K
- plus $715 from 3 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $9094.36 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Axiomed LLC$100K
- Spineology Inc.$38
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,685,67195%
- Consulting fees$67,6614%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,6381%
- Travel & lodging$12,7491%
- Food & beverage$1,1300%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 73 | $668,170 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 17 | $556,943 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 8 | $325,679 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 6 | $187,556 |
| Happe Spine | 1 | $22,054 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $15,732 |
| Synthes GmbH | 1 | $500 |
| Stryker | 1 | $127 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $88 |
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.
- RELINE$598,669
- Maxan Cervical System$504,247
- Solitaire$504,247
- C-TEK MAXAN$373,795
- MaxAn Anterior Cervical Plate System$187,556
- INTEGRATE-C$22,054
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$19,767
- PRESTIGE$9,150
- CD HORIZON$5,000
- Walter$3,034
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$1,512
- PD-Spine-New Product$900
- Quartex$481
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$132
- TRITANIUM$127
How this compares
$1,776,849 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,079 orthopaedic surgery providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 20 | $137 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in New York
- Anthony RomeoNew York$26.8M
- Lawrence LenkeNew York$26.8M
- Edwin SuNew York$13.2M
- William RicciNew York$11.6M
- Steven HaasNew York$11.3M
- Giles ScuderiNew York$10.7M
- Joseph ZuckermanNew York$9.9M
- Evan FlatowNew York$9.6M
- Bradford ParsonsNew York$9.4M
- Geoffrey WestrichNew York$7.1M
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.