Anthony Brando
Louisville, KYNPI 1528753704
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.6% of the total across 213 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Stryker accounts for 77.7% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,855, 3.1 times the $1,902 reported in 2023.
Across 213 payments — averaging $53.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$9K
- Smith+Nephew$651
- Johnson & Johnson$639
- Polynovo North America LLC$238
- Blue Surgical LLC$237
- Bioventus LLC$222
- plus $559 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7296%
- Food & beverage$10,69894%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 156 | $8,881 |
| Smith+Nephew | 24 | $651 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $639 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $238 |
| Blue Surgical LLC | 8 | $237 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $222 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $158 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $157 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Amgen | 1 | $110 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $15 |
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.
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$2,578
- PROstep$729
- INBONE$417
- NA$389
- ALLOFIBER$342
- VARIAX$332
- PROPHECY$263
- Novosorb BTM$238
- EZOUT$175
- HOFFMANN$171
- MAXTORQUE$156
- EASYFUSE$156
- GRAFIX PL$147
- STRAVIX PL$147
- OASIS MICRO$147
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$147
- MINIBUNION$135
- VALOR$132
- ORTHOLOC 3DI CROSSCHECK$131
- Senza$124
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.