Michael Azzam, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Prairie Village, KSNPI 1215258736
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (41.4%), education and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 32.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,591 and has fallen 95.6% since, to $70 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in KS, where the typical reported total is $3,614.
Across 35 payments — averaging $104.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Titan Surgical Group, LLC$1K
- Smith+Nephew$438
- Stryker$394
- Medtronic$119
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$88
- plus $308 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,06329%
- Food & beverage$1,51841%
- Education$1,09030%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $1,203 |
| Titan Surgical Group, LLC | 2 | $1,121 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $438 |
| Stryker | 3 | $394 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $119 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $88 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 3 | $77 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $49 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $16 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 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.
- DERMABOND Portfolio$1,063
- Regeneten$295
- VARIAX$174
- GAMMA$148
- AQUAMANTYS$119
How this compares
$3,671 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 197 orthopaedic surgery providers in Kansas.
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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Prairie Village
- Glenn AmundsonPrairie Village$46K
- David AndersonKansas City$490K
- Brandon CarlsonKansas City$299K
- Jacob DeisterTopeka$185K
- Harold EllsworthLeawood$154K
- Tyler BronWichita$107K
- William ReedLenexa$106K
- Alexander BaileyOverland Park$99K
- Brent WiseKansas City$97K
- Joshua LockerLeawood$91K
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.