Alec Dierksheide, DPM
Sports Medicine · Fort Myers, FLNPI 1558924399
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (52.0%), food and beverage and other — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 24.9% of the total.
Across 180 payments — averaging $126.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$6K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$4K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$4K
- DNE LLC$3K
- Arthrex$2K
- Linvatec Corporation$1K
- plus $3K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$11,83652%
- Food & beverage$6,98731%
- Other$3,93917%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 55 | $5,669 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $4,109 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 34 | $4,028 |
| DNE LLC | 1 | $2,624 |
| Arthrex | 18 | $1,520 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 9 | $1,417 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 14 | $1,184 |
| Coastal Medical Technologies LLC | 10 | $719 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $434 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 9 | $295 |
| DJO, LLC | 4 | $169 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $89 |
| Solventum Corporation | 3 | $82 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $80 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $55 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $43 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $37 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $27 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $26 |
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.
- BIODFACTOR$3,939
- PROstep$3,385
- TrueLok$3,336
- SEAL$2,624
- QUANTUM$992
- SALVATION$894
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$894
- PROPHECY$894
- INTEGRA$510
- Viaflow$294
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$219
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$170
- PRIMATRIX$170
- COLINK 2$146
- NEOSPAN SUPERELASTIC COMPRESSION STAPLE W/INSTRUMENTS, SIZE 10X10X10$146
- FIXOS$142
- Panta 2$137
- INFINITY$134
- EVOS$126
- VARIAX$120
How this compares
$22,763 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 402 sports medicine providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 56 | $387 |
| Methylprednisolone | 40 | $310 |
| Meloxicam | 86 | $250 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 18 | $155 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 12 | $153 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Fort Myers
- Lee KaplanMiami$11.3M
- Patrick SmithNaples$2.9M
- Ryan SimovitchWest Palm Beach$1.1M
- Bruce LevyOrlando$816K
- Gautam YagnikMiami$440K
- Carl DilellaVero Beach$384K
- Adam AnzGulf Breeze$354K
- Stanton LongeneckerJacksonville$330K
- Luga PodestaNaples$206K
- Julianne MunozMiami$149K
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.