Total Payments
$177,504
2024 Payments
$45,732
Companies
47
Transactions
452
Medicare Patients
990
Medicare Billing
$314,758

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$121,727 (68.6%)
Travel$39,553 (22.3%)
Food & Beverage$14,724 (8.3%)
Other$1,500 (0.8%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $121,727 44 68.6%
Travel and Lodging $39,553 119 22.3%
Food and Beverage $14,724 288 8.3%
Honoraria $1,500 1 0.8%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $94,904 80 $0 (2024)
SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION $26,468 47 $0 (2022)
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $16,230 23 $0 (2024)
Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp. $6,012 5 $0 (2021)
Globus Medical, Inc. $5,866 15 $0 (2024)
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $3,732 11 $0 (2024)
NuVasive, Inc. $3,359 26 $0 (2018)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $2,868 59 $0 (2024)
Stryker Corporation $2,247 16 $0 (2024)
Cerapedics, Inc. $2,022 4 $0 (2018)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $45,732 76 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($30,921)
2023 $28,904 60 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($14,611)
2022 $33,020 57 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($21,960)
2021 $26,035 41 SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION ($15,965)
2020 $8,254 23 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($6,975)
2019 $20,562 66 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($16,362)
2018 $5,731 63 Cerapedics, Inc. ($2,022)
2017 $9,266 66 Stryker Corporation ($2,161)

All Payment Transactions

452 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 19

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/18/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $8,190.00 General
12/17/2024 Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc MAGNETOS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.91 General
Category: SYNTHETIC BONE GRAFT
12/10/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. Velys (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $399.70 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
12/10/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. Velys (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $151.75 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
12/09/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. Velys (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $236.39 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
12/09/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. Velys (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $172.55 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
12/09/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. Velys (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.37 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
12/09/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. Velys (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.74 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
11/22/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. Velys (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $2,146.21 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
11/20/2024 RIWOspine, Inc. Spine (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $136.75 General
Category: Spine
11/12/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $153.26 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
11/12/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $45.21 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
11/11/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $45.07 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
10/31/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation (Device), Velys Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $86.36 General
Category: Spine
10/23/2024 Medtronic, Inc. STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $59.40 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
10/07/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $676.00 General
09/26/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $8,187.02 General
09/26/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $218.54 General
09/16/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $6.07 General
09/12/2024 Evolution Spine, LLC Integrated ALIF System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $820.95 General
Category: Spinal Implant
09/10/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.50 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
08/25/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $129.91 General
08/25/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $101.05 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
08/25/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $50.14 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
08/21/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $11.44 General

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 12 279 337 $406,219 $96,358
2022 5 205 250 $156,267 $38,718
2021 14 332 422 $565,800 $155,854
2020 4 174 217 $107,538 $23,828
Total Patients
990
Total Services
1,226
Medicare Billing
$314,758
Procedure Codes
35

All Medicare Procedures & Services

35 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
22612 Fusion of spine in lower back Facility 2023 13 14 $69,296 $18,337 26.5%
22633 Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc Facility 2023 11 11 $63,282 $14,507 22.9%
22842 Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments Facility 2023 15 17 $40,573 $10,464 25.8%
22840 Placement of stabilizing device to back of 1 spine bone in neck Facility 2023 15 15 $35,753 $8,666 24.2%
22614 Fusion of additional segment of spine Facility 2023 14 26 $31,805 $8,130 25.6%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 54 58 $25,030 $7,892 31.5%
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion Facility 2023 25 37 $47,242 $7,509 15.9%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 56 80 $25,704 $7,382 28.7%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 32 32 $19,690 $5,471 27.8%
63047 Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment Facility 2023 11 11 $36,498 $5,367 14.7%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 12 12 $5,947 $1,341 22.6%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 21 24 $5,400 $1,290 23.9%
63047 Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment Facility 2022 18 18 $59,724 $15,009 25.1%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 70 70 $34,692 $8,326 24.0%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 61 80 $25,704 $7,454 29.0%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 44 65 $14,441 $4,401 30.5%
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion Facility 2022 12 17 $21,706 $3,529 16.3%
22514 Injection of bone cement into body of lower spine bone accessed through the skin using imaging guidance Office 2021 11 12 $189,012 $65,927 34.9%
22614 Fusion of spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach Facility 2021 15 47 $57,493 $15,143 26.3%
63047 Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, lower back (lumbar) area Facility 2021 16 16 $53,088 $12,385 23.3%
22558 Fusion of spine bones with removal of disc at lower spinal column, anterior approach Facility 2021 11 11 $52,529 $12,178 23.2%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 76 105 $33,737 $9,126 27.1%
22842 Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation for spinal stabilization, 3 to 6 vertebral segments Facility 2021 11 12 $28,640 $7,649 26.7%
22840 Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation at base of neck for stabilization, 1 interspace Facility 2021 11 11 $26,219 $7,066 26.9%
99205 New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes Office 2021 35 35 $21,536 $5,440 25.3%

About Kenneth Nwosu

Kenneth Nwosu is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Torrance, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 09/22/2011. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1548543853.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Kenneth Nwosu has received a total of $177,504 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $45,732 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 452 transactions from 47 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($121,727).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Nwosu has provided services to 990 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,226 services with total Medicare billing of $314,758. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 35 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • EXPEDIUM (Device) $67,538
  • Mariner (Device) $6,840
  • Spine Endoscopy (Device) $5,104
  • CONDUIT (Device) $4,603
  • Velys (Device) $4,509
  • Mariner MIS (Device) $4,093
  • Regatta (Device) $3,443
  • Teligen (Device) $2,976
  • Meridian (Device) $2,379
  • ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) $2,363
  • Tritanium (Device) $2,032
  • i-FACTOR Putty (Device) $2,022
  • VIPER (Device) $1,802
  • Intracept (Device) $1,494
  • Excelsius - GPS (Device) $1,206
  • RISE-L (Device) $1,162
  • REGATTA LATERAL SYSTEM (Device) $1,125
  • SPINE (Device) $987.15
  • Integrated ALIF System (Device) $820.95
  • TLIF (Device) $773.12

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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