Amir Shahien, MD
Sports Medicine · Birmingham, ALNPI 1376930800
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (57.5%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 52.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $26,903 and has fallen 81.2% since, to $5,066 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in AL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 103 payments — averaging $438.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$24K
- Smith+Nephew$6K
- Stryker$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Team 1, LLC$3K
- DJO, LLC$3K
- plus $1K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$25,98457%
- Travel & lodging$7,30316%
- Food & beverage$5,04911%
- Education$6,87615%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 18 | $23,581 |
| Smith+Nephew | 14 | $6,096 |
| Stryker | 47 | $5,567 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $3,484 |
| Team 1, LLC | 7 | $2,524 |
| DJO, LLC | 4 | $2,500 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 2 | $825 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $261 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $176 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $132 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Amgen | 1 | $22 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$3,191
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$1,878
- Mini-Open Latarjet$1,878
- MICRORAPTOR$1,878
- Q-FIX$1,878
- AETOS Shoulder System$1,878
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$1,068
- Healicoil$346
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$222
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$174
- MAKO$165
- ARTHREX$130
- TRUESPAN ORTHOCORD$121
- Persona$108
How this compares
$45,212 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 108 sports medicine providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 587 | $1,336 |
| Methylprednisolone | 110 | $651 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 89 | $330 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 21 | $301 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 78 | $220 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 53 | $112 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 39 | $94 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Birmingham
- Edward CainBirmingham$12.7M
- Mark RogersBirmingham$94K
- Amit MomayaBirmingham$77K
- Christoper GarrettBirmingham$58K
- Reaves CrabtreeBirmingham$47K
- David AdkisonBirmingham$46K
- Christopher CarterBirmingham$42K
- Christian MerrillBirmingham$40K
- Thomas EvelyBirmingham$34K
- Aaron JoinerBirmingham$32K
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.