Safa Kassab, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Pontiac, MINPI 1720097330
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (49.4%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Microport Orthopedics Inc accounts for 74.5% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $20,013, more than ten times the $204 reported in 2019.
Across 56 payments — averaging $534.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Microport Orthopedics Inc$22K
- Pixee Medical Inc.$7K
- Stryker$374
- Zimmer Biomet$215
- KCI USA, Inc.$43
- AbbVie$25
Across 7 payments — averaging $29,384 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Shape Memory Medical Inc.$206K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,00010%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,81349%
- Travel & lodging$10,23334%
- Food & beverage$1,9116%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 37 | $22,330 |
| Pixee Medical Inc. | 6 | $6,971 |
| Stryker | 9 | $374 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $215 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $25 |
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.
- MPO Medial Pivot Knee$21,807
- ROSA$173
How this compares
$29,956 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 35 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Michigan.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 68 | $204 |
| Meloxicam | 60 | $194 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 42 | $150 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 18 | $101 |
| Gabapentin | 18 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Pontiac
- Michael MasiniYpsilanti$6.3M
- Jeffrey DeclaireRochester$5.4M
- Trevor BankaDetroit$339K
- Timothy EkpoGrand Blanc$295K
- Nicholas FrischAuburn Hills$244K
- Charles TauntLansing$126K
- Brian de BeaubienSaginaw$117K
- Daniel MeskoLansing$99K
- Anthony GemayelFlint$78K
- Sam Hakki HacketteWarren$40K
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.