Shawn Adams, MD
Neurological Surgery · Louisville, KYNPI 1265827471
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.2%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 44.8% of the total. Among neurological surgery clinicians in KY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 313 payments — averaging $233.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$33K
- Globus Medical$12K
- Medtronic$9K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$7K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$4K
- Icotec Medical Inc.$3K
- plus $4K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$31,53643%
- Travel & lodging$25,77035%
- Food & beverage$15,48821%
- Education$2790%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 64 | $32,738 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 48 | $12,271 |
| Medtronic | 94 | $9,221 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 10 | $7,095 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 19 | $4,351 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 23 | $2,905 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 21 | $1,144 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 7 | $589 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 4 | $446 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $380 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $324 |
| 4web, Inc. | 2 | $223 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $220 |
| Stryker | 2 | $171 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $146 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $125 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Amgen | 1 | $120 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $113 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC | 1 | $100 |
| VB Spine LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $24 |
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.
- Velys$3,227
- Other - Miscellaneous$2,869
- CONDUIT$2,714
- icotec BlackArmor Spine System$2,608
- VIPER$2,375
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$1,729
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,686
- Excelsius - GPS$1,614
- Teligen$1,533
- Expedium VERSE$1,247
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM 6.0, SCREW, Carbon/PEEK, POLYAX., FEN., O 5.5 X 45 MM$816
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM, ROD, Carbon/PEEK, CURVED, 6.0 R450 X 200 MM$816
- KONG-TL VBR E, EXPANDABLE BODY, L, 19 MM X 27 - 37 MM$816
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, ROUND, L AND SCREW, 12 X 43 MM$816
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, RECTANGULAR, M AND SCREW, 12 X 33 MM$816
- CALIBER$802
- XLIF$770
- Sable$525
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$299
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$293
How this compares
$73,074 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 99 neurological surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 | 47 | $1,674 |
| Pregabalin | 14 | $356 |
| Gabapentin | 22 | $169 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $120 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Louisville
- Tom YaoLouisville$405K
- Joseph NeimatLouisville$196K
- Maria KoutourousiouLouisville$189K
- Shervin DashtiLouisville$146K
- Nathaniel ToopLouisville$56K
- Thomas AltstadtLouisville$36K
- Brian WilliamsLouisville$33K
- Ajmal ZemmarLouisville$32K
- Redi RahmaniLouisville$29K
- Rodrigo Fernandez GajardoLouisville$24K
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.