Alan Curtis, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Waltham, MANPI 1952369894
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — other (57.8%), ownership interests and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 53.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $101,069 and has fallen 94.4% since, to $5,640 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MA 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 96 payments — averaging $1921.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$99K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$65K
- Arthrex$12K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$4K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$1K
- Stryker$974
- plus $2K from 14 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $21,203 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Zimmer Biomet$106K
- Parcus Medical, LLC$0
- Embody, Inc.$0
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,6638%
- Travel & lodging$1,3811%
- Food & beverage$3,7962%
- Ownership interest$57,05631%
- Other$106,55358%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $99,329 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $64,525 |
| Arthrex | 40 | $12,393 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 10 | $4,283 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 2 | $1,156 |
| Stryker | 8 | $974 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $548 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 2 | $306 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 4 | $286 |
| Osteoremedies, LLC | 1 | $171 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Aesculap Biologics, LLC | 1 | $109 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $43 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Vertex | 1 | $29 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $23 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- TAPESTRY$98,886
- ARTHREX$1,000
- INSPACE$764
- NA$427
- Physio-Stim$264
- Accelero-None$246
- BIOWASH Surgical Irrigation$171
- OsteoBoost Select 5cc$171
- Remedy Spacer$171
- BioBrush$171
- EQUINOXE PHX SYSTEM$153
- N/A$137
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$136
- EXPAREL$131
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$129
- IOVERA SYSTEM$117
- NOVOCART 3D$109
How this compares
$184,448 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 542 orthopaedic surgery providers in Massachusetts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 33 | $209 |
| Meloxicam | 16 | $98 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Waltham
- Brian KwonWaltham$1.9M
- Brian McKeonWaltham$644K
- John RichmondWaltham$114K
- Kurt HofmannWaltham$91K
- Geoffrey van FlandernWaltham$87K
- Jacob DrewWaltham$57K
- Suzanne MillerWaltham$55K
- Paul TornettaBoston$16.3M
- Thomas ThornhillBoston$12M
- Stephen MurphyRoxbury Crossing$8M
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.