Najeeb Thomas, MD
Neurological Surgery · Metairie, LANPI 1073538096
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (59.4%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 57.3% of the total. Among neurological surgery clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 328 payments — averaging $1340.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$252K
- The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education$82K
- Zimmer Biomet$56K
- Zimvie Inc.$17K
- Si-bone, Inc.$13K
- Curiteva, Inc.$12K
- plus $7K from 15 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $2918.13 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Restor3d, Inc.$3K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$261,11759%
- Consulting fees$132,37530%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,2001%
- Travel & lodging$38,7109%
- Food & beverage$4,3371%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 145 | $252,187 |
| The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education | 10 | $82,225 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 79 | $55,716 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 26 | $17,458 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 18 | $13,214 |
| Curiteva, Inc. | 2 | $12,150 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 6 | $2,694 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 6 | $2,038 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 16 | $550 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 3 | $534 |
| Stryker | 2 | $534 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 5 | $237 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 1 | $51 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $25 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $21 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- COALESCE$131,148
- Spira$80,575
- Mobi-C$34,433
- Excavation$24,958
- NTS$20,118
- TLIF$19,644
- NuVasive$18,044
- Vitality$17,164
- Timberline$16,433
- Cypher Mis Screw System$16,200
- Virage$16,200
- Excelsius - GPS$13,567
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$12,449
- PD-Spine-New Product$10,961
- Walter$6,810
- XLIF$3,670
- MOBI-C PLUG & FIT US$1,867
- The Tether$782
- Excelsius Robotics System$729
- Pulse$618
How this compares
$439,739 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 116 neurological surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 26 | $168 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $167 |
| Gabapentin | 26 | $109 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Metairie
- Peter LiechtyMetairie$13K
- Lucien MiranneMetairie$8K
- Manish SinghMetairie$7K
- Justin HaydelMetairie$5K
- Anthony SinShreveport$1.5M
- Sebastian KogaHammond$720K
- Eric OberlanderBaton Rouge$660K
- Gabriel TenderNew Orleans$255K
- Justin OwenMarrero$201K
- Daniel DenisKenner$198K
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.