Vertiflex, Inc.

Pharmaceutical & medical device company payment data from CMS Open Payments.

Total Payments
$5.2M
Doctors Paid
3,217
Transactions
18,034
2019 Total
$2.7M

Payment Breakdown by Category

Travel$1.2M (23.4%)
Consulting$888,629 (17.0%)
Research$653,312 (12.5%)
Food & Beverage$558,139 (10.7%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $1.9M 244 36.4%
Travel and Lodging $1.2M 4,283 23.4%
Consulting Fee $888,629 304 17.0%
Unspecified $653,312 610 12.5%
Food and Beverage $558,139 12,593 10.7%

Payments by Type

General
$4.6M
17,424 transactions
Research
$653,312
605 transactions
Ownership
$0
5 transactions

Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Total Paid Doctors Records
The PRESS Registry $417,732 6 473
The STEPS Totalis Trial $158,352 2 94
The ISISS Trial Investigating Superion ISS in Spinal Stenosis $52,328 0 31
The ASCEND Trial $24,200 0 6
Assessing Superion Clinical Endpoints vs Decompression $700.00 0 1

Payments by Medical Specialty

Specialty Total Paid Doctors Avg/Doctor
Pain Medicine $1.6M 630 $2,487
Anesthesiology $732,602 513 $1,428
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation $701,907 172 $4,081
Interventional Pain Medicine $623,779 228 $2,736
Neurological Surgery $304,149 94 $3,236
Specialist $205,178 78 $2,630
Orthopaedic Surgery $58,017 71 $817.14
Vascular & Interventional Radiology $57,309 8 $7,164
Sports Medicine $56,734 23 $2,467
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine $48,015 34 $1,412
Internal Medicine $27,792 401 $69.31
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program $20,015 53 $377.65
Neurology $16,938 78 $217.15
Family Medicine $16,375 377 $43.44
Diagnostic Radiology $10,310 30 $343.66
Addiction Medicine $7,303 5 $1,461
Chiropractor $4,112 62 $66.32
Surgery $3,012 9 $334.71
Emergency Medicine $2,141 10 $214.11
Spinal Cord Injury Medicine $1,979 2 $989.42
Clinical Neurophysiology $1,884 3 $627.88
Neuroradiology $1,643 1 $1,643
Rehabilitation Practitioner $1,433 7 $204.67
Electrodiagnostic Medicine $1,388 3 $462.71
Diagnostic Ultrasound $1,293 1 $1,293
General Practice $1,281 19 $67.42
Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine, Sports Medicine $1,239 7 $176.95
Hospitalist $959.36 10 $95.94
Rheumatology $954.62 20 $47.73
Brain Injury Medicine $860.51 2 $430.26
Orthopedic $791.51 4 $197.88
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery $755.85 1 $755.85
Pediatrics $687.14 12 $57.26
Geriatric Medicine $654.88 11 $59.53
Psychiatry $643.55 5 $128.71
Occupational Medicine $559.36 2 $279.68
Cardiovascular Disease $546.70 20 $27.34
Infectious Disease $536.46 5 $107.29
Foot & Ankle Surgery $472.53 8 $59.07
Obstetrics & Gynecology $420.34 5 $84.07
Podiatrist $414.15 8 $51.77
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $311.60 10 $31.16
Nutrition $300.64 3 $100.21
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology $295.63 1 $295.63
Sports Physician $263.09 5 $52.62
Adult Medicine $243.96 7 $34.85
Gastroenterology $243.54 4 $60.89
Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine & OMM $235.80 6 $39.30
Legal Medicine $235.18 5 $47.04
Emergency Medical Services $218.42 3 $72.81
Otolaryngology $211.80 2 $105.90
Critical Care Medicine $210.53 3 $70.18
Diagnostic Neuroimaging $195.69 2 $97.85
Radiation Oncology $192.83 3 $64.28
Hospice and Palliative Medicine $176.86 4 $44.21
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine $176.63 2 $88.32
Orthopaedic Trauma $159.01 2 $79.51
Pulmonary Disease $151.38 11 $13.76
Nephrology $150.48 5 $30.10
Neuromuscular Medicine $148.07 1 $148.07
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $140.91 1 $140.91
Sleep Medicine $123.77 2 $61.89
Public Health & General Preventive Medicine $115.73 1 $115.73
Primary Podiatric Medicine $109.87 1 $109.87
Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery $99.99 1 $99.99
Dentist $87.20 1 $87.20
Maternal & Fetal Medicine $84.17 1 $84.17
Adolescent Medicine $82.99 3 $27.66
Family $63.38 2 $31.69
Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology $52.50 1 $52.50
MOHS-Micrographic Surgery $47.51 1 $47.51
Physician Assistant $42.84 2 $21.42
Acupuncturist $41.49 1 $41.49
Hematology & Oncology $41.48 1 $41.48
Clinical & Laboratory Immunology $26.62 1 $26.62
Urology $24.74 1 $24.74
Medical $24.56 2 $12.28
Vascular Neurology $23.50 1 $23.50
Plastic Surgery $22.22 1 $22.22
Pain $22.21 1 $22.21
Ophthalmology $20.70 1 $20.70
Dermatology $17.29 1 $17.29
Single Specialty $15.28 1 $15.28
Interventional Cardiology $14.91 1 $14.91
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery $12.80 1 $12.80
Dietary Manager $12.04 1 $12.04
Primary Care $7.62 1 $7.62

Top Paid Doctors

Doctor Specialty Location Total 2019
Jeffery Rowe, Md, MD Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation King Of Prussia, PA $366,790 $0
Pankaj Mehta, Md, MD Pain Medicine Killeen, TX $296,631 $0
Steven Falowski, M.d, M.D Neurological Surgery Fountain Hill, PA $278,426 $0
Dr. Youssef Josephson, D.o, D.O Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation West Deptford, NJ $173,240 $0
Dr. Louis Raso, M.d, M.D Specialist Jupiter, FL $165,504 $0
Dr. Sean Li, M.d, M.D Pain Medicine Shrewsbury, NJ $130,830 $0
Nomen Azeem, Md, MD Interventional Pain Medicine Riverview, FL $127,273 $0
Unknown Provider — — $124,748 $0
Dawood Sayed, Md, MD Pain Medicine Kansas City, KS $119,374 $0
Dr. Ramana Naidu, M.d, M.D Pain Medicine Larkspur, CA $111,467 $0
Dr. Corey Hunter, M.d, M.D Interventional Pain Medicine New York, NY $108,295 $0
Dr. Jonathan Carlson, M.d, M.D Anesthesiology Kailua, HI $102,779 $0
Dr. George Girardi, M.d, M.D Interventional Pain Medicine Fort Collins, CO $84,742 $0
Timothy Deer, Md, MD Pain Medicine Charleston, WV $82,173 $0
Mr. Daniel Kloster, M. D, M. D Interventional Pain Medicine Overland Park, KS $74,263 $0
Dr. Richard Paicius, M.d, M.D Pain Medicine Newport Beach, CA $61,689 $0
Timothy Davis, M.d, M.D Pain Medicine Santa Monica, CA $61,474 $0
Ioannis Skaribas, Md, MD Anesthesiology Houston, TX $56,592 $0
Dr. Douglas Beall, Md, MD Vascular & Interventional Radiology Edmond, OK $53,191 $0
Dr. Jonathan Grossman, Md, MD Pain Medicine Visalia, CA $48,841 $0
Bradly Goodman, M.d, M.D Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Birmingham, AL $44,763 $0
Chad Stephens, Do, DO Sports Medicine Southlake, TX $39,148 $0
Timothy Lubenow Anesthesiology Chicago, IL $38,272 $0
Mark Netherton, Md, MD Anesthesiology Mt Pleasant, SC $35,176 $0
Vudhi Slabisak, Md, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Plano, TX $33,148 $0
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Top Products

  • Superion ISS $5.1M
  • Totalis $137,972

Associated Products (2)

Payment Categories

  • Food & Beverage $558,139
  • Consulting $888,629
  • Travel & Lodging $1.2M
  • Research $653,312

About Vertiflex, Inc.

Vertiflex, Inc. has made $5.2M in payments to 3,217 healthcare providers, recorded across 18,034 transactions in the CMS Open Payments database. In 2019, the company paid $2.7M. The top product by payment volume is Superion ISS ($5.1M).

Payments were distributed across 87 medical specialties. The top specialty by payment amount is Pain Medicine ($1.6M to 630 doctors).

Payment categories include: Food & Beverage ($558,139), Consulting ($888,629), Research ($653,312), Travel & Lodging ($1.2M).

Vertiflex, Inc. is associated with 2 products in the CMS Open Payments database.