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Alberto Panero, DO

Sports Medicine · Sacramento, CANPI 1962733998

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (57.9%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 95.0% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $128,075, 3.8 times the $33,367 reported in 2019. Among sports medicine clinicians in CA 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.

$389,275in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 337 payments — averaging $1155.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Arthrex$370K
  • Trice Medical, Inc.$9K
  • Clarius Mobile Health Corp.$6K
  • Sequoia Surgical, Inc.$2K
  • Bioventus LLC$519
  • Stryker$323
  • plus $762 from 8 others
$67,787in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 7 payments — averaging $9683.85 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Lifenet Health$65K
  • Arthrex$3K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$120,34631%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$225,43758%
  • Travel & lodging$35,9019%
  • Food & beverage$5,1911%
  • Education$2,4001%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Arthrex294$369,813
Trice Medical, Inc.11$9,444
Clarius Mobile Health Corp.2$5,990
Sequoia Surgical, Inc.4$2,424
Bioventus LLC10$519
Stryker2$323
Steelhead Surgical Inc4$263
Johnson & Johnson2$157
Painteq LLC3$141
Medtronic1$94
Evolution Surgical, Inc1$45
Boston Scientific1$26
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated1$24
SPR Therapeutics, Inc1$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

$389,275 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 662 sports medicine providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$247,481
Medicare patients
278
Services billed
8,133

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Diazepam13$7

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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