Miki Katzir, MD
Neurological Surgery · Omaha, NENPI 1982188710
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (44.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Carbofix Spine Inc at 54.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,407 and has fallen 65.2% since, to $3,275 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in NE 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 84 payments — averaging $242.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Carbofix Spine Inc$11K
- Medtronic$7K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Medicrea USA, Corp.$901
- MIS Technologies, LLC$147
- Si-bone, Inc.$121
- plus $40 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$9,03744%
- Travel & lodging$7,39836%
- Food & beverage$3,94319%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 6 | $11,122 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 59 | $6,769 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 10 | $1,278 |
| Medicrea USA, Corp. | 5 | $901 |
| MIS Technologies, LLC | 1 | $147 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $40 |
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.
- CarboClear Pedical screw system$9,037
- CD HORIZON$1,361
- O-ARM-ST$1,203
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,130
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$843
- PASS-LP$756
- UNiD$756
- Timberline$697
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$573
- Mobi-C$397
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$158
- Eminent Spine Oblique Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion Device$147
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$122
- iFuse Implant$121
How this compares
$20,378 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 49 neurological surgery providers in Nebraska.
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 neurological surgery in Omaha
- Arnett KlughOmaha$14K
- Matthew MillerOmaha$7K
- Alexander YangOmaha$6K
- Kenneth FollettOmaha$5K
- Omar AkbikOmaha$5K
- Brent ClydeOmaha$4K
- Michele AizenbergOmaha$3K
- Andrew GardOmaha$2K
- Guy MusicOmaha$2K
- Kyle SchmidtOmaha$2K
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.