Viren Vasudeva, MD
Neurological Surgery · Athens, GANPI 1386930170
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (39.7%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 54.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $12,176 and has fallen 80.7% since, to $2,348 in 2025.
Across 103 payments — averaging $218.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$12K
- Medtronic$4K
- Stryker$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Spineology Inc.$999
- Baxter Healthcare$244
- plus $660 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,2005%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,92540%
- Travel & lodging$7,92835%
- Food & beverage$4,23819%
- Education$1891%
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 | 18 | $12,188 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 28 | $4,320 |
| Stryker | 20 | $2,543 |
| Boston Scientific | 23 | $1,526 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $999 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $244 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $223 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $189 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $133 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $74 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $22 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
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.
- MARS Anterior Retractor$8,925
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,588
- UNID_PASS$1,372
- ES2$1,187
- TRITANIUM$1,125
- Rampart Duo Interbody Fusion System$999
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$860
- COALITION$782
- RISE-L$782
- Excelsius - GPS$706
- AERO$563
- SERRATO$563
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$484
- Trinity ELITE$223
- MONUMENT$146
- FLOSEAL$146
- ACCULIF$131
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$131
- CITADEL$129
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$119
How this compares
$22,479 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 201 neurological surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 118 | $554 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 93 | $339 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 19 | $288 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 22 | $201 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Athens
- Bryan BarnesAthens$134K
- Harlan BrunerAthens$84K
- Regis HaidAtlanta$25.5M
- John CowanRome$3.2M
- Thomas MorrisonAtlanta$2.8M
- Christopher TomarasAtlanta$1.5M
- Daniel RefaiAtlanta$1.2M
- Gerald RodtsAtlanta$1.2M
- Betsy GrunchGainesville$1.1M
- James RobinsonAtlanta$993K
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.