Safi Faruqui, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1669645271
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $520 of the $819 with a category attached, or 63.5%. Legacy Ortho LLC accounts for 65.6% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $718 and has fallen 98.0% since, to $15 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $3,554.
Across 12 payments — averaging $68.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Legacy Ortho LLC$537
- Arthrex$180
- Polynovo North America LLC$31
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$21
- Axogen$19
- Extremity Medical$16
- plus $15 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$52063%
- Food & beverage$29937%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 5 | $537 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $180 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Axogen | 1 | $19 |
| Extremity Medical | 1 | $16 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$819 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 794 orthopaedic surgery providers in Ohio.
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 | 121 | $479 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 47 | $461 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 60 | $268 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 13 | $180 |
| Prednisone | 42 | $175 |
| Methylprednisolone | 18 | $70 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $62 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 13 | $54 |
| Meloxicam | 21 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Cincinnati
- Michael ArchdeaconCincinnati$2.3M
- Paul FavoritoCincinnati$961K
- Michael SwankCincinnati$563K
- Suresh NayakCincinnati$536K
- Jonathon SpanyerCincinnati$193K
- John WyrickCincinnati$169K
- Robert RolfCincinnati$128K
- Todd KelleyCincinnati$71K
- Reuben GobezieCleveland$12M
- Gregory BerletWorthington$9.6M
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.