Richard Rooney, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Lompoc, CANPI 1134189822
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (57.6%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 35 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.5%. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,281 and has fallen 55.9% since, to $1,005 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $17,657.
Across 105 payments — averaging $72.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Abbott$1K
- MIS Technologies, LLC$1K
- Stryker$870
- Spinesmith Holdings, LLC$485
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$180
- plus $2K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,92425%
- Food & beverage$4,38058%
- Education$1,29717%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $1,558 |
| Abbott | 12 | $1,351 |
| MIS Technologies, LLC | 2 | $1,112 |
| Stryker | 14 | $870 |
| Spinesmith Holdings, LLC | 5 | $485 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 3 | $180 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $167 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $163 |
| Bioventus LLC | 7 | $161 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $161 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $159 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $146 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $138 |
| Globus Medical | 6 | $137 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $116 |
| Amgen | 5 | $114 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $83 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| GSK | 2 | $38 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $35 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $29 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $23 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $22 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $18 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $14 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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.
- PROCLAIM$1,033
- Eminent Spine Oblique Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion Device$1,015
- Hips-None$762
- Persona$666
- ENTELLUS - CYCLONE SINONASAL SUCTION/IRRIGATION SYSTEM$137
- Inspire$137
- Timberline$130
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS OFFICE START-UP KITS$121
- EXPAREL$121
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$117
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$117
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$117
How this compares
$7,601 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 288 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 40 | $2,152 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 38 | $352 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 27 | $344 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 25 | $177 |
| Meloxicam | 57 | $134 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $107 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $42 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 22 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Lompoc
- Hyun BaeSanta Monica$56.8M
- Choll KimSan Diego$4M
- Stacey BedermanOrange$3.7M
- Gregory Mundisla Jolla$3.3M
- Paul SlosarDaly City$3.1M
- Babak Barcohanavan Nuys$2.9M
- Neelakantan AnandLos Angeles$2.9M
- Sanjay KhuranaMarina del Rey$2.3M
- Neville AlleyneOceanside$2.2M
- Rick DelamarterSanta Monica$2.2M
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.