Andrew Lawson, DO
Sports Medicine · London, OHNPI 1730408550
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 7 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by DJO, LLC at 47.1% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for sports medicine clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $1,124.
Across 7 payments — averaging $38.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- DJO, LLC$126
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$29
- Vertex$27
- Bioventus LLC$26
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$24
- Smith+Nephew$19
- plus $17 from 1 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $2870.44 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.
- UCB SA$20K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$268100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $126 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Vertex | 1 | $27 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- CHATTANOOGA$126
- PROCARE$126
How this compares
$268 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 278 sports medicine providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 22 | $257 |
| Meloxicam | 70 | $208 |
| Naproxen | 16 | $104 |
| Prednisone | 29 | $81 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 22 | $62 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in London
- David FlaniganColumbus$915K
- Thomas EllisDublin$427K
- Paul SaluanCleveland$367K
- Vincent SammarcoCincinnati$361K
- Jovan LaskovskiAkron$337K
- Julie BishopColumbus$322K
- Dominic KingCleveland$233K
- Michael SalataCleveland$212K
- Jason GeninLorain$115K
- Christopher KaedingColumbus$113K
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.