Aaron Newton, DO
Sports Medicine · Nampa, IDNPI 1538507520
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (54.7%), food and beverage and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Steelhead Surgical Inc at 45.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,538 and has fallen 88.7% since, to $625 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in ID with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 104 payments — averaging $174.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Steelhead Surgical Inc$8K
- Arthrex$3K
- DJO, LLC$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$178
- plus $202 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$2,91716%
- Travel & lodging$1,4878%
- Food & beverage$3,80821%
- Education$9,92055%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 13 | $8,158 |
| Arthrex | 17 | $3,222 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $3,051 |
| Stryker | 34 | $1,754 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 25 | $1,566 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $178 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 2 | $106 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sawtooth Surgical Solutions Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $12 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$18,131 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 33 sports medicine providers in Idaho.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 30 | $124 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 20 | $97 |
| Ibuprofen | 16 | $56 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $18 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Nampa
- Mark WilliamsNampa$222
- Nathan GrimmBoise$23K
- John JelinekLewiston$13K
- Michael GustavelBoise$12K
- Arvin AlexanderKetchum$10K
- Jennifer MillerBoise$9K
- Richard RadnovichBoise$4K
- Michael SchickerPonderay$4K
- Richard WathnePocatello$4K
- Christopher DewingPost Falls$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.