Amit Alexander Nathani, MD
Sports Medicine · Santa Barbara, CANPI 1144583428
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — other (46.3%), consulting fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 65.8% of it on its own, with 25 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $269,192 and has fallen 80.8% since, to $51,696 in 2025. 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.
Across 267 payments — averaging $1943.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$341K
- Embody, Inc.$75K
- Maruho Medical, Inc.$49K
- Shoulder Innovations, Inc.$27K
- Arthrex$13K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$6K
- plus $7K from 20 others
Across 29 payments — averaging $4229.59 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.
- Zimmer Biomet$123K
Across 6 payments — averaging $35,848 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Zimmer Biomet$215K
- Embody, Inc.$0
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$20,3514%
- Consulting fees$205,52340%
- Travel & lodging$21,6404%
- Food & beverage$9,5352%
- Education$21,8254%
- Gifts$240%
- Other$240,11546%
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 | 103 | $341,445 |
| Embody, Inc. | 22 | $75,061 |
| Maruho Medical, Inc. | 7 | $49,310 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 33 | $27,102 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $13,142 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $5,847 |
| Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc. | 10 | $2,014 |
| Micromed Inc | 1 | $1,200 |
| Stryker | 19 | $1,047 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $968 |
| Smith+Nephew | 15 | $635 |
| CPM Medical Consultants, LLC | 3 | $228 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 2 | $208 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $168 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $116 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $79 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $55 |
| Circinus Medical Technology LLC | 1 | $40 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $25 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 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$302,883
- itto CSP$45,373
- InSet System$26,602
- Juggerknotless Soft Anchor$19,812
- Tricera Handpiece$6,875
- Accessories$3,938
- ALLIANCE$3,375
- Expressbraid$3,250
- Samples Biologics$1,854
- RIGIDLOOP$967
- NA$491
- VA-LCP$242
- HAMMERLOCK$242
- TFN-Advance$242
- Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack$208
- PROFYLE$172
- Other$168
- PANGEA$158
- REGENETEN Shoulder$154
- HEALICOIL REGENESORB$154
How this compares
$519,013 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 662 sports medicine providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 68 | $3,111 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 61 | $681 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 44 | $460 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 14 | $425 |
| Meloxicam | 34 | $116 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $32 |
| Amoxicillin | 13 | $6 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Santa Barbara
- Matthew PiferSanta Barbara$257K
- Neal ElattracheLos Angeles$51M
- Nathaniel CohenLos Gatos$6.4M
- Thomas KnappSanta Monica$2.5M
- Michael FreehillStanford$1.6M
- Allan MishraMenlo Park$1.5M
- Heinz Hoeneckela Jolla$1.4M
- Seth ShermanStanford$1.1M
- Stephan YacoubianBurbank$1M
- Stephen Snydervan Nuys$922K
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.