Michael Moneyhon, MD
Surgery · Los Angeles, CANPI 1467712018
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alpha Orthopedic Systems at 58.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,024 and has fallen 80.2% since, to $202 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $1,806.
Across 15 payments — averaging $103.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$915
- Stryker$331
- Checkpoint Surgical, Inc$88
- Johnson & Johnson$74
- Bioventus LLC$41
- Globus Medical$40
- plus $69 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$64341%
- Education$91559%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $915 |
| Stryker | 5 | $331 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $88 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $74 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $40 |
| Axogen | 1 | $20 |
| Abbott | 1 | $18 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $15 |
| ERMI LLC | 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.
- T2 ALPHA$161
How this compares
$1,558 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 2,363 surgery providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 19 | $448 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $66 |
| Meloxicam | 24 | $25 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $15 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Los Angeles
- John LiphamLos Angeles$942K
- Caitlin HoughtonLos Angeles$569K
- Nikolai BildzukewiczLos Angeles$319K
- Namir KatkhoudaLos Angeles$187K
- Jonathan SalutaLos Angeles$150K
- Raul RosenthalLos Angeles$147K
- Timothy ChuterSan Francisco$8.8M
- Santiago HorganSan Diego$2.8M
- Rock LiuHayward$1.6M
- David LouriePasadena$1.4M
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.