Total Payments
$330,963
2024 Payments
$38,470
Companies
19
Transactions
344
Payment Breakdown by Category
Consulting$285,746 (86.3%)
Travel$31,378 (9.5%)
Food & Beverage$11,840 (3.6%)
Other$2,000 (0.6%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $285,746 | 77 | 86.3% |
| Travel and Lodging | $31,378 | 104 | 9.5% |
| Food and Beverage | $11,840 | 162 | 3.6% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program | $2,000 | 1 | 0.6% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $116,785 | 107 | $0 (2024) |
| Stryker Corporation | $76,110 | 50 | $0 (2023) |
| NuVasive, Inc. | $61,064 | 76 | $0 (2023) |
| Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $29,555 | 16 | $0 (2023) |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $16,828 | 33 | $0 (2021) |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | $11,291 | 13 | $0 (2024) |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | $6,517 | 6 | $0 (2024) |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $6,322 | 16 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $2,018 | 2 | $0 (2018) |
| K2M, Inc. | $1,054 | 4 | $0 (2018) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $38,470 | 39 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($17,377) |
| 2023 | $56,437 | 52 | Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ($24,635) |
| 2022 | $62,539 | 62 | Stryker Corporation ($22,985) |
| 2021 | $98,466 | 74 | Stryker Corporation ($34,750) |
| 2020 | $36,459 | 21 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($18,571) |
| 2019 | $24,951 | 43 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($21,009) |
| 2018 | $9,482 | 20 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($6,080) |
| 2017 | $4,159 | 33 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($3,194) |
All Payment Transactions
344 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 14
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/13/2024 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | EXPEDIUM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,300.00 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 10/30/2024 | OrthoPediatrics Corp. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $350.00 | General |
| 10/11/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | RELINE (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,500.00 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 10/11/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | RELINE (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,600.00 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 09/30/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | EXPEDIUM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,950.00 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 09/26/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $600.00 | General |
| 09/13/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | Accell Evo3 Putty (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $28.17 | General |
| Category: OrthoBiologics | ||||||
| 09/13/2024 | Highridge Medical LLC | Spine-None (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.96 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 09/12/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | EXPEDIUM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $43.00 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 09/11/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | Direct Look (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $7.52 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 08/09/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | XLIF (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $276.36 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 08/09/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | XLIF (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $162.00 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 08/08/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | XLIF (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $185.00 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 07/18/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | XLIF (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $467.20 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 07/18/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | XLIF (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $5.00 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 07/11/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | RELINE (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $600.00 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 07/01/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $600.00 | General |
| 06/17/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $450.00 | General |
| 06/05/2024 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | EXPEDIUM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $650.00 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 05/13/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,150.00 | General |
| 04/13/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $215.42 | General |
| 04/11/2024 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | CONDUIT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $206.16 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 04/09/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | CREO Threaded 4.75 CoCr (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $218.12 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 04/09/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | Excelsius3D Imaging System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $69.97 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 04/08/2024 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | EXPEDIUM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $13,650.00 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
About Dr. Michelle Welborn, MD
Dr. Michelle Welborn, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Portland, Oregon. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/05/2008. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1821257718.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Michelle Welborn, MD has received a total of $330,963 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $38,470 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 344 transactions from 19 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($285,746).
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Practice Information
- Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
- Location Portland, OR
- Active Since 06/05/2008
- Last Updated 03/25/2021
- Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1821257718
Products in Payments
- EXPEDIUM (Device) $119,137
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $29,240
- RELINE (Device) $27,305
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $20,284
- The Tether (Device) $16,740
- EVEREST (Device) $11,900
- MAGEC (Device) $10,322
- TLIF (Device) $8,466
- MAGEC Spinal Bracing and Distraction System (Device) $3,699
- SERRATO (Device) $3,377
- AIRO (Device) $2,296
- MESA RAIL (Device) $2,100
- CD HORIZON (Device) $2,000
- XLIF (Device) $1,331
- Growing Spine (Device) $750.00
- Pulse (Device) $745.45
- Bendini (Device) $545.93
- MESA (Device) $509.57
- Other - Miscellaneous (Device) $483.91
- CONDUIT (Device) $349.37
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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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