Megan Wolfram
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (56.5%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 76.5% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,102 and has fallen 94.7% since, to $112 in 2025. Among surgical clinicians in OR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 27 payments — averaging $100.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$262
- Abbott$132
- Globus Medical$76
- Stryker$60
- Johnson & Johnson$38
- plus $68 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,53157%
- Food & beverage$1,04138%
- Education$1375%
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 | 12 | $2,072 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $262 |
| Abbott | 5 | $132 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $76 |
| Stryker | 1 | $60 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $38 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $32 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
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.
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$1,499
- UNID_PASS$213
How this compares
$2,709 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 229 surgical providers in Oregon.
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 | 63 | $503 |
| Methocarbamol | 56 | $492 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 18 | $245 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Salem
- Erin KhourySalem$4K
- Jami SlosserSalem$2K
- Jessica BrooksSalem$1K
- Casey ShawSalem$1K
- Tommy VuSalem$1K
- Jeffrey CookseySalem$1K
- James BerkingMedford$15K
- Amanda ShinpaughLake Oswego$9K
- Justin ThibeaultPortland$6K
- Benjamin BairdRoseburg$6K
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.