Brian Werner, MD
Sports Medicine · Charlottesville, VANPI 1245474584
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (59.3%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 98.0% of it on its own, with 32 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $564,795, more than ten times the $17,932 reported in 2019. Among sports medicine clinicians in VA 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 1,267 payments — averaging $955.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$1.2M
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$9K
- Lifenet Health$7K
- Fortis Surgical, LLC$3K
- Stryker$579
- CGG Medical Inc$479
- plus $5K from 27 others
Across 80 payments — averaging $5501.73 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.
- Arthrex$311K
- Zimmer Biomet$55K
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$52K
- Exactech, Inc.$20K
- Lifenet Health$1K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$938
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$354,81029%
- Speaking & faculty fees$717,38959%
- Travel & lodging$118,17410%
- Food & beverage$17,9791%
- Education$1,8710%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 1,164 | $1,186,624 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 9 | $8,501 |
| Lifenet Health | 4 | $6,874 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 35 | $2,505 |
| Stryker | 5 | $579 |
| CGG Medical Inc | 3 | $479 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $425 |
| Pinnacle, Inc | 6 | $420 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $317 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 4 | $306 |
| Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions | 2 | $266 |
| Active Medical, LLC | 1 | $215 |
| Conetic Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $212 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 2 | $204 |
| Sioux Surgical Inc | 3 | $202 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 2 | $182 |
| Enduromed, LLC | 4 | $176 |
| Reel Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $171 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 1 | $150 |
| Core Surgical Group | 1 | $146 |
| Prime Surgical, LLC | 1 | $135 |
| COSA Medical, LLC | 1 | $129 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 1 | $126 |
| Titan Surgical Group, LLC | 1 | $126 |
| True North Surgical Inc | 1 | $123 |
| Pylant Medical | 1 | $121 |
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 1 | $115 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $107 |
| Sawtooth Surgical Solutions Inc | 1 | $106 |
| Piedmont Plus Innovation | 1 | $55 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $33 |
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.
- ARTHREX$16,170
- EXPAREL$8,366
- FlexiGRAFT Connect$6,787
- ARTHROPLASTY INSTRUMENTS VIP TECHNOLOGY VIP 5D$4,463
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY & FRACTURE ECLIPSE$1,700
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY & FRACTURE UNIVERS$1,063
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY & FRACTURE REVERS$850
- ARTHROPLASTY INSTRUMENTS VIP TECHNOLOGY VIP 3D$850
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS ANATOMIC TOTAL SHOULDER ECLIPSE$425
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS REVERS TOTAL SHOULDER REVERS$425
- PREVENA RESTOR ROTO-FORM$425
- ALPHAVENT$288
- EQUINOXE$242
- ARTHROPLASTY INSTRUMENTS KNEE & HIP ARTHROPLASTY SPORTKNEE$228
- SAMURAI$169
- TAPESTRY$120
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS REVERS TOTAL SHOULDER MODULAR GLENOID SYSTEMS$101
How this compares
$1,210,223 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 171 sports medicine providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 17 | $114 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Charlottesville
- David DiduchCharlottesville$3.8M
- Stephen BrockmeierCharlottesville$2.6M
- Mark MillerCharlottesville$92K
- Frank GwathmeyCharlottesville$42K
- Matthew DeaseyCharlottesville$39K
- Eric CarsonCharlottesville$12K
- Thorp DavisMechanicsville$3M
- William NordtRichmond$2.6M
- Justin GriffinVirginia Beach$1.5M
- Kevin BonnerVirginia Beach$1.1M
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.