Wajeeh Bakhsh, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Michigan City, INNPI 1740675719
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (39.4%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 18 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.4%. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $16,599 and has fallen 95.6% since, to $737 in 2025.
Across 266 payments — averaging $187.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$11K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$10K
- Stryker$9K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$5K
- Globus Medical$3K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- plus $9K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,66039%
- Travel & lodging$17,93036%
- Food & beverage$10,70121%
- Education$1,5913%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 20 | $10,651 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 19 | $10,190 |
| Stryker | 62 | $8,934 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 10 | $5,356 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 26 | $2,943 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 9 | $2,481 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 66 | $2,233 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 12 | $2,109 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 10 | $2,082 |
| Medtronic | 17 | $1,802 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $313 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $168 |
| Oak Med, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $145 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 3 | $128 |
| Abbott | 1 | $125 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $27 |
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.
- CONDUIT$14,413
- VIPER$11,730
- MagnetOs$6,232
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$2,735
- Mariner MIS$1,920
- NorthStar$1,849
- TLIF$1,786
- OZARK CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM$1,591
- Mariner MIS TLIF Retractor$1,258
- Reef TO$1,258
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,207
- ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM$1,079
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$917
- Regatta$872
- Shoreline ACS$663
- 7D Surgical System$592
- Mariner$504
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$327
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$293
- ACP$280
How this compares
$49,882 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 400 orthopaedic surgery providers in Indiana.
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 | 12 | $1,511 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 76 | $1,198 |
| Gabapentin | 110 | $1,006 |
| Methylprednisolone | 151 | $738 |
| Meloxicam | 169 | $701 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 114 | $656 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 27 | $329 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 31 | $201 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $172 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $106 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Michigan City
- Frank KolisekGreenwood$7.5M
- David FisherIndianapolis$5.9M
- Michael BerendIndianapolis$4M
- John WilliamsFort Wayne$2.7M
- Sanford KunkelIndianapolis$1.9M
- Hill HastingsIndianapolis$1.6M
- Mark KlaassenElkhart$1.3M
- Alan McGeeFort Wayne$1.1M
- Lindsey RolstonNew Castle$1.1M
- John MedingMooresville$998K
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.