Candice Dubose, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Palm Springs, CANPI 1124291844
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (25.6%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Synthes GmbH at 42.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $4,139 and has fallen 96.5% since, to $144 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic trauma clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $9,676.
Across 37 payments — averaging $263.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$4K
- Arthrex$2K
- Prime Surgical, LLC$1K
- Trimed, Inc.$557
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$382
- Si-bone, Inc.$328
- plus $711 from 10 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $5333.33 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.
- Stryker$48K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5005%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,50026%
- Travel & lodging$2,39124%
- Food & beverage$1,90920%
- Education$2,41025%
- Entertainment$571%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 3 | $4,116 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $2,463 |
| Prime Surgical, LLC | 1 | $1,210 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 3 | $557 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $382 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $328 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $256 |
| Biom'up SA | 1 | $122 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $98 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Stryker | 2 | $48 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $44 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $16 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $13 |
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
$9,766 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 106 orthopaedic trauma providers in California.
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 orthopaedic trauma in Palm Springs
- Todd SwenningPalm Springs$76K
- Michael GardnerStanford$2.9M
- Aaron OsborneRedding$1.3M
- Robert Tonksla Jolla$1.3M
- John ScolaroOrange$1M
- David LowenbergSan Francisco$788K
- Eric LindvallClovis$609K
- Christopher LeeLos Angeles$475K
- Joshua GaryLos Angeles$466K
- Christopher HoshinoTorrance$356K
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.