Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel and Lodging | $28,302 | 23 | 41.7% |
| Consulting Fee | $16,625 | 9 | 24.5% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $16,500 | 7 | 24.3% |
| Food and Beverage | $6,433 | 62 | 9.5% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spineology Inc. | $57,378 | 47 | $0 (2024) |
| SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION | $3,233 | 9 | $0 (2022) |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $2,573 | 12 | $0 (2021) |
| Synergy Biomedical, LLC | $1,875 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $826.73 | 8 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $426.52 | 5 | $0 (2024) |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | $334.24 | 4 | $0 (2024) |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | $231.45 | 2 | $0 (2023) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $170.61 | 2 | $0 (2022) |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | $149.15 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $26,575 | 34 | Spineology Inc. ($25,366) |
| 2023 | $31,992 | 32 | Spineology Inc. ($31,299) |
| 2022 | $3,602 | 10 | Synergy Biomedical, LLC ($1,875) |
| 2021 | $2,913 | 9 | SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION ($2,447) |
| 2020 | $2,779 | 16 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($2,322) |
All Payment Transactions
101 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 5 of 5
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/09/2020 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | VIPER (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $51.46 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 112 | 175 | $91,645 | $28,468 |
| 2022 | 6 | 119 | 136 | $29,955 | $8,316 |
| 2021 | 5 | 84 | 100 | $18,590 | $5,738 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
17 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22614 | Fusion of additional segment of spine | Facility | 2023 | 18 | 57 | $57,000 | $16,998 | 29.8% |
| 22853 | Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 28 | $14,280 | $5,512 | 38.6% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 25 | 25 | $8,500 | $2,443 | 28.7% |
| 99221 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 22 | 22 | $5,830 | $1,399 | 24.0% |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 30 | $2,850 | $1,125 | 39.5% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $3,185 | $991.25 | 31.1% |
| 99221 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 30 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 42 | 45 | $11,925 | $3,311 | 27.8% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 19 | 19 | $6,175 | $1,615 | 26.2% |
| 99232 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 19 | 23 | $4,590 | $1,263 | 27.5% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 13 | $3,185 | $841.91 | 26.4% |
| 99231 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 15 | 25 | $2,375 | $713.28 | 30.0% |
| 99442 | Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 11 | $1,705 | $570.75 | 33.5% |
| 99221 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 24 | 24 | $6,230 | $1,886 | 30.3% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 21 | 26 | $5,340 | $1,459 | 27.3% |
| 99213 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 16 | 19 | $2,850 | $1,008 | 35.4% |
| 99443 | Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion | Facility | 2021 | 11 | 11 | $2,215 | $786.10 | 35.5% |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 12 | 20 | $1,955 | $599.80 | 30.7% |
About Dr. Ali Hazama, M.D
Dr. Ali Hazama, M.D is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in Syracuse, New York. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/20/2013. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1386080158.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Ali Hazama, M.D has received a total of $67,861 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $26,575 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 101 transactions from 19 companies. The most common payment nature is "Travel and Lodging" ($28,302).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Hazama has provided services to 315 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 411 services with total Medicare billing of $42,522. Data is available for 3 years (2021–2023), covering 17 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Neurological Surgery
- Location Syracuse, NY
- Active Since 05/20/2013
- Last Updated 11/14/2025
- Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- Practice Solo Practitioner
- NPI Number 1386080158
Products in Payments
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM (Device) $56,665
- VIPER (Device) $1,702
- CONDUIT (Device) $1,130
- DUO TI EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM (Device) $712.90
- Teligen (Device) $336.40
- Excelsius Deformity (Device) $316.67
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) (Device) $231.45
- MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) $225.91
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) $200.61
- NanoMetalene Technology (Device) $149.81
- Other - Miscellaneous (Device) $145.76
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) $133.08
- SYMPHONY (Device) $107.19
- Access & Cavity Creation kit (Device) $101.13
- O-ARM-Spine (Device) $91.88
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R (Device) $90.25
- NorthStar (Device) $80.09
- TISSEEL (Biological) $78.13
- DSUVIA (Drug) $74.21
- 7D Surgical System (Device) $56.32
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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