Physician profile
Bauback Safa
NPI 1093833980
$172,467.96
in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025
45 companies · $7,203 in 2025
The $7,203 reported for 2025 was more than what 93% of Surgery of The Hand (Plastic Surgery) providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $312).
Payments by year
General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.
General payments by year: 2019: $26K · 2020: $611 · 2021: $1,881 · 2022: $40K · 2023: $56K · 2024: $41K · 2025: $7,203.
What the payments were for
Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.
Consulting Fee: $47K · Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program: $26K · Compensation For Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker For A Medical Education Program: $17K · Food and Beverage: $7,739 · Travel and Lodging: $7,160.
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| Payment type | Amount (2023-2025) |
|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $46,725.00 |
| Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program | $26,308.75 |
| Compensation For Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker For A Medical Education Program | $16,887.50 |
| Food and Beverage | $7,738.64 |
| Travel and Lodging | $7,159.55 |
Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.
Who reported paying
General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axogen | $155,349.29 | 2019-2025 | Avance Nerve Graft, Axoguard Nerve Connector, Axoguard Nerve Protector |
| Alafair Biosciences, INC. | $13,202.55 | 2022-2025 | Versawrap |
| Synthes Gmbh | $500.00 | 2023 | |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | $343.97 | 2020-2024 | Integra, Integra Dermal Regeneration Template, Primatrix |
| Smith+Nephew, INC. | $261.75 | 2019-2023 | Pico, Renasys Go V2 Home |
| Abbvie INC. | $218.40 | 2025 | |
| Tela Bio, INC. | $189.10 | 2023-2024 | Ovitex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (Ovitex), Ovitex 2s |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, INC. | $185.52 | 2023-2024 | |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | $185.45 | 2023-2025 | Vashe Wound Solution 250 Ml (8.5 Fl Oz) Flip Top Cap, Drawtex Hydroconductive Wound Dressing With Levafiber 4x4, Urgok2 |
| Davol INC. | $159.90 | 2022-2023 | Phasix Mesh |
| Polarityte, INC. | $144.49 | 2019-2021 | |
| Allergan, INC. | $138.17 | 2019-2022 | |
| Acumed LLC | $135.13 | 2024 | Arcphix System, Inframe Implant, Innate Implant |
| Medartis INC. | $133.99 | 2019 | |
| Biocircuit Technologies INC | $111.48 | 2025 | Nerve Tape |
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| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthofix Medical, INC. | $103.00 | 2022-2025 | Physio-Stim, Accelstim |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals INC. | $99.58 | 2020-2023 | Xiaflex |
| Baxter Healthcare | $98.47 | 2019-2025 | |
| Bioventus LLC | $77.06 | 2022-2025 | Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System |
| Checkpoint Surgical, INC | $68.80 | 2021-2023 | Checkpoint Stimulators |
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | $62.95 | 2025 | |
| Kls-Martin L.P. | $55.86 | 2023 | |
| Polynovo North America LLC | $51.85 | 2022-2024 | Novosorb Btm |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation INC. | $49.16 | 2019-2022 | |
| Depuy Synthes Sales INC. | $47.01 | 2025 | Matrixcombo |
| Stryker Corporation | $44.39 | 2025 | Gamma |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | $44.21 | 2019-2025 | Exparel |
| Osiris Therapeutics INC. | $40.25 | 2019 | |
| Medela LLC | $35.45 | 2019 | |
| Ethicon US, LLC | $31.69 | 2025 | Vistaseal, Surgiflo Hemostatic Matrix, Stratafix |
| Derma Sciences, INC. | $31.38 | 2019 | |
| Acell, INC. | $29.57 | 2019 | |
| Solventum Corporation | $29.25 | 2024 | V.A.C.Instill |
| Endo USA, INC. | $24.38 | 2025 | Xiaflex |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, INC. | $22.39 | 2019 | |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, INC. | $22.32 | 2021 | |
| Mimedx Group, INC. | $20.24 | 2024 | |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | $19.56 | 2019 | |
| Kci USA, INC. | $18.51 | 2023 | V.A.C. Veraflo, Prevena |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products INC. | $18.27 | 2020 | |
| Acacia Pharma INC | $17.82 | 2021 | |
| Innovation Technologies INC | $17.40 | 2020 | |
| Evolution Surgical, INC | $15.63 | 2023 | |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | $12.32 | 2020 |
1 company reported research payments only; those appear in the research section below.
Drugs and devices associated with these payments
CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.
Research and ownership
$14,353.00 in ownership or investment interests, as reported to CMS. These are holdings a clinician or an immediate family member has in a company, not payments received.
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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.