Mark Flanum, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Anchorage, AKNPI 1184675126
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.6%), food and beverage and gifts — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 46.7% of the total. 2024 is the largest year on record at $1,690, 9.8 times the $172 reported in 2019.
Across 28 payments — averaging $123.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Globus Medical$625
- Arthrex$284
- Johnson & Johnson$250
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$247
- Cerapedics Inc.$148
- plus $286 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,88455%
- Food & beverage$1,54845%
- Gifts$191%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $1,612 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $625 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $284 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $250 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $247 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $148 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
Too few orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Alaskato 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $182 |
| Meloxicam | 42 | $163 |
| Gabapentin | 21 | $106 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Anchorage
- Iain ElliottAnchorage$30K
- James EuleAnchorage$17K
- Derrick FogeAnchorage$7K
- Gene FalkowskiAnchorage$5K
- Upshur SpencerAnchorage$4K
- Curtis MinaAnchorage$3K
- Davis PetersonAnchorage$272
- Steven HumphreysSoldotna$199K
- Stewart KerrFairbanks$51K
- John AndreshakSoldotna$22K
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.