Venita Simpson, MD
Neurological Surgery · Norfolk, VANPI 1568756328
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $15,410 of the $21,790 with a category attached, or 70.7%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 39.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $7,424 and has fallen 82.7% since, to $1,283 in 2025.
Across 132 payments — averaging $165.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$9K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$3K
- Medtronic$3K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Ulrich Medical USA, Inc.$630
- plus $2K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5002%
- Travel & lodging$15,41071%
- Food & beverage$5,88027%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 55 | $8,516 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 15 | $3,471 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 19 | $2,698 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 14 | $2,320 |
| Stryker | 13 | $2,142 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 1 | $630 |
| Intelivation Technologies, LLC | 1 | $500 |
| Osseus Fusion Systems, LLC | 2 | $437 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $199 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 2 | $195 |
| Abbott | 2 | $180 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $120 |
| Innovasis Inc | 1 | $101 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $81 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $15 |
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.
- XLIF$3,601
- Other - Miscellaneous$3,046
- ALIF$2,499
- Pulse$2,333
- 7D Surgical System$1,826
- TLIF$1,549
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$1,363
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$1,017
- Xvision$995
- CD HORIZON$418
- TRITANIUM$415
- AVS NAVIGATOR$171
- UNID_PASS$161
- O-ARM$151
- PROCLAIM$146
- NorthStar$142
- ReActiv8$129
- FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels$120
- NONE$115
- SERRATO$111
How this compares
$21,790 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 156 neurological surgery providers in Virginia.
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.
Other neurological surgery in Norfolk
- Parker BabingtonNorfolk$164K
- James BrennanNorfolk$130K
- Paul MitchellNorfolk$67K
- Byron HillsNorfolk$19K
- Shannon ClarkNorfolk$17K
- Wylie ZhuNorfolk$16K
- Wilson DaughertyNorfolk$6K
- Justin SmithCharlottesville$2.3M
- David VincentVirginia Beach$959K
- Mudit SharmaManassas$714K
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.