Michael McKee
San Antonio, TXNPI 1316960065
Payments from drug & device makers
$8,142in general payments, 2019–2025
Across 236 payments — averaging $34.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$646
- Si-bone, Inc.$288
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$260
- plus $219 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,63932%
- Food & beverage$4,06250%
- Education$1,27916%
- Gifts$1622%
General payments by program year
19
20
21
22
23
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 49 | $3,450 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 4 | $1,849 |
| Abbott | 123 | $1,430 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 31 | $646 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $288 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $260 |
| Nevro Corp. | 21 | $186 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, 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.
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,815
- SUPERION$1,344
- VERTIFLEX SUPERION$1,089
- iFuse Implant$273
- AJOVY$255
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$162
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$154
- Proclaim IPG$154
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$146
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$112
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 39 | $482 |
| Ibuprofen | 26 | $228 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 47 | $227 |
| Celecoxib | 15 | $147 |
| Naproxen | 14 | $104 |
| Baclofen | 14 | $71 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 19 | $69 |
| Meloxicam | 22 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.