Brett Cascio, MD
Sports Medicine · Lake Charles, LANPI 1093828113
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (55.0%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Mimedx Group, Inc. accounts for 77.9% of it on its own, with 28 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $51,890, more than ten times the $1,606 reported in 2019. Among sports medicine clinicians in LA 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 145 payments — averaging $563.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mimedx Group, Inc.$64K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$11K
- Maruho Medical, Inc.$2K
- ALON Medical Technology$1K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$867
- Stryker$695
- plus $2K from 23 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $1635.00 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$6K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$690
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$24,62030%
- Speaking & faculty fees$45,00855%
- Travel & lodging$6,4508%
- Food & beverage$5,6977%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 32 | $63,693 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 15 | $10,960 |
| Maruho Medical, Inc. | 5 | $1,935 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 11 | $1,284 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 6 | $867 |
| Stryker | 14 | $695 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 10 | $416 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 4 | $269 |
| Arthrex | 5 | $269 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 2 | $227 |
| Avanos Medical | 4 | $190 |
| Bioventus LLC | 7 | $165 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Vericel Corporation | 8 | $132 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $100 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $86 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Vertex | 3 | $50 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $38 |
| Xiros Inc | 1 | $36 |
| Amgen | 2 | $31 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 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.
- RevoMotion$9,767
- BOVINE COLLAGEN$6,615
- itto CSP$1,350
- AMISTEM$579
- Hylofast$500
- INSPACE$267
- Accessories$225
- Suture Anchors$155
- Apollo$153
- BioBrace 23mm$151
- TACTOSET$147
- OVOMotion$132
- CROSSFLOW$125
- CROSSFIRE$125
- COOLIEF* COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY$120
- Surgicel Powder$119
- STRATAFIX$119
- Prineo 42$119
- ETHICON$117
How this compares
$81,775 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 82 sports medicine providers in Louisiana.
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.
Other sports medicine in Lake Charles
- Brian HarrellLake Charles$2K
- Alex AndersonLake Charles$2K
- Felix SavoieNew Orleans$1.4M
- Misty SuriNew Orleans$1.2M
- Michael ObrienNew Orleans$391K
- Brian GodshawNew Orleans$69K
- Andrew GottschalkJefferson$45K
- Michael LeddyAlexandria$44K
- Steven JonesHammond$38K
- Mario Lobao GoncalvesShreveport$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.