Richard Morris, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Mount Vernon, WANPI 1528484417
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (49.6%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pylant Medical at 33.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $6,357 and has fallen 80.0% since, to $1,274 in 2025.
Across 92 payments — averaging $206.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pylant Medical$6K
- Globus Medical$6K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- Si-bone, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$757
- Highridge Medical LLC$731
- plus $1K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,44350%
- Food & beverage$3,24817%
- Education$6,34233%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pylant Medical | 4 | $6,342 |
| Globus Medical | 42 | $5,687 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 8 | $2,485 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 20 | $2,025 |
| Stryker | 2 | $757 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 2 | $731 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $474 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $124 |
| Innovasis Inc | 1 | $88 |
| Lenoss Medical Inc | 1 | $78 |
| Abbott | 2 | $55 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 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.
- ExcelciusGPS$1,793
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,118
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$1,112
- MOBI-C PLUG & FIT US$686
- XLIF$660
- MESA$650
- iFuse Implant$606
- Quartex$556
- MazorX - Renaissance$325
- Excelsius Robotics System$281
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$213
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$146
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$124
- Excelsius - GPS$119
How this compares
$19,033 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 61 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Washington.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 171 | $1,727 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 76 | $886 |
| Pregabalin | 91 | $826 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 68 | $803 |
| Methocarbamol | 29 | $595 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 96 | $568 |
| Methylprednisolone | 49 | $401 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $166 |
| Hydroxyzine Pamoate | 29 | $151 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 11 | $114 |
| Diazepam | 42 | $80 |
| Meloxicam | 21 | $53 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 12 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Mount Vernon
- Richard ManosMount Vernon$26K
- David MourningMount Vernon$21K
- Dawei LuMount Vernon$20K
- Antoine TohmehSpokane$4.3M
- Rajiv SethiSeattle$2.9M
- Mark FreebornKirkland$1.8M
- Alireza AnissipourEverett$598K
- Richard BransfordSeattle$413K
- Jens ChapmanSeattle$394K
- Venu NemaniSeattle$199K
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.