Maher Bahu, MD
Sports Medicine · Pontiac, MINPI 1992970313
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.9%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pinnacle, Inc at 48.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $960 and has fallen 71.4% since, to $275 in 2025.
Across 50 payments — averaging $77.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pinnacle, Inc$2K
- Arthrex$507
- Zimmer Biomet$355
- Stryker$325
- Johnson & Johnson$247
- Catalyst Orthoscience$145
- plus $394 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$54314%
- Food & beverage$1,96151%
- Education$1,34735%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle, Inc | 10 | $1,878 |
| Arthrex | 16 | $507 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $355 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 6 | $325 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $247 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $145 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $118 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $116 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $101 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $54 |
| Embody, Inc. | 1 | $5 |
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.
How this compares
$3,851 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 145 sports medicine providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 32 | $109 |
| Methocarbamol | 16 | $49 |
| Meloxicam | 19 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Pontiac
- Tariq AwanFarmington Hills$113K
- Michael YusafAuburn Hills$101K
- Jack PinneyMidland$67K
- William KestoNovi$62K
- Kendall HamiltonGrand Rapids$61K
- Carl WierksGrand Rapids$59K
- Manuel SchubertYpsilanti$42K
- Hussein SaadDearborn$40K
- Vasilios MoutzourosDetroit$40K
- Stephen LuczakBrighton$39K
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.