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Brian Waterman, MD

Sports Medicine · Winston Salem, NCNPI 1518158724

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $239,620 of the $360,488 with a category attached, or 66.5%. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 56.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $100,178, 6.2 times the $16,123 reported in 2019. Among sports medicine clinicians in NC 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.

$360,488in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 452 payments — averaging $797.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Arthrex$203K
  • Vericel Corporation$128K
  • FH Orthopedics, Inc.$10K
  • Piedmont Plus Innovation$4K
  • Southtech Orthopedics$4K
  • Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$2K
  • plus $10K from 19 others
$105,428in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 31 payments — averaging $3400.90 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.

  • Orthofix Medical, Inc.$83K
  • Vericel Corporation$14K
  • Arthrex$8K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$66,96119%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$239,62066%
  • Travel & lodging$28,9378%
  • Food & beverage$12,5333%
  • Education$12,4353%

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
Arthrex235$202,601
Vericel Corporation100$128,491
FH Orthopedics, Inc.7$9,551
Piedmont Plus Innovation36$3,865
Southtech Orthopedics7$3,574
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.2$2,250
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.3$2,000
Stryker(2 entities)14$1,643
Peerless Surgical Inc.5$1,582
Smith+Nephew15$1,485
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.2$1,270
Linvatec Corporation4$430
Exactech, Inc.4$404
Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.1$287
Ossio Inc2$249
Zimmer Biomet4$180
Team 1, LLC1$150
DJO, LLC2$129
Lima USA, Inc.2$103
Shoulder Innovations, Inc.1$61
Vertex1$54
Ossur Americas, Inc.1$48
Restor3d, Inc.1$47
Johnson & Johnson1$18
Organogenesis Inc.1$16

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

$360,488 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 158 sports medicine providers in North Carolina.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$69,083
Medicare patients
130
Services billed
538

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.

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