Rima Rindler, MD
Neurological Surgery · Reno, NVNPI 1811307655
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.7%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 79.8% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $15,262, more than ten times the $14 reported in 2021.
Across 123 payments — averaging $253.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$25K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$5K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Monteris Medical Corporation$146
- Si-bone, Inc.$142
- Stryker$131
- plus $264 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,27059%
- Travel & lodging$10,22733%
- Food & beverage$2,6438%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 93 | $24,849 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 10 | $4,522 |
| Globus Medical | 9 | $1,085 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 1 | $146 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $142 |
| Stryker | 1 | $131 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 1 | $123 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
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.
How this compares
$31,140 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 45 neurological surgery providers in Nevada.
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 | 45 | $1,104 |
| Meloxicam | 32 | $173 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Reno
- Edward PerryReno$196K
- Michael SongReno$154K
- James LynchReno$112K
- Lali SekhonReno$80K
- Christopher DemersReno$71K
- Jay MorganReno$43K
- Angelique Sao Mai TayReno$39K
- Shane AbdunnurReno$24K
- Marshall TolbertReno$8K
- Michael MooreReno$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.