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Benjamin Bedford, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery · New York, NYNPI 1124260799

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — other (33.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 36 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 36.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $30,487 and has fallen 75.6% since, to $7,431 in 2025.

$74,525in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 325 payments — averaging $229.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Zimmer Biomet$27K
  • Arthrex$24K
  • Stryker$6K
  • Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$4K
  • Suvon Surgical LLC$3K
  • Globus Medical$2K
  • plus $9K from 30 others
$26,347in ownership & investment interests, 2019–2025

Across 4 payments — averaging $6586.64 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.

  • Zimmer Biomet$26K
  • Embody, Inc.$0

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$2,9754%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$8,75012%
  • Travel & lodging$11,72516%
  • Food & beverage$21,29629%
  • Education$4,8006%
  • Other$24,97934%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Zimmer Biomet16$26,797
Arthrex128$24,228
Stryker51$5,738
Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.14$4,000
Suvon Surgical LLC29$2,813
Globus Medical8$1,877
Polynovo North America LLC8$1,319
Sanara Medtech Inc.6$1,008
Johnson & Johnson18$835
Lifenet Health6$758
DJO, LLC6$587
Embody, Inc.2$490
Bioventus LLC3$454
Davol Inc.2$317
Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc.1$289
Acumed LLC2$279
Anika Therapeutics, Inc.2$275
Orthofix Medical, Inc.2$237
Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.1$206
Arthrosurface Incorporated1$188
Orthalign Inc1$167
BD1$158
Lima USA, Inc.1$150
Skeletal Dynamics Inc1$148
Linvatec Corporation1$146
Smith+Nephew1$142
Kerecis Limited1$141
Heron Therapeutics, Inc.1$137
Avanos Medical2$131
RTI Surgical, Inc1$129
Medline Industries LP1$123
Ossio Inc1$121
Amgen3$65
Nevro Corp.1$33
Dynasplint Systems Inc.1$22
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$19

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.

How this compares

$74,525 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,079 orthopaedic surgery providers in New York.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$300,368
Medicare patients
428
Services billed
11,393

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Meloxicam104$478
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen14$100
Methylprednisolone14$67
Tramadol Hcl21$51
Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim12$30
Amoxicillin13$9

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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