Carleton Vangsness
Sports Medicine · Los Angeles, CANPI 1609829746
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by ownership interests: $770,478 of the $872,117 with a category attached, or 88.3%. Anika Therapeutics, Inc. accounts for 99.9% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $770,478 and has fallen 86.9% since, to $100,871 in 2022. Among sports medicine clinicians in CA 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 7 payments — averaging $124,588 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$871K
- Bioventus LLC$700
- Smith+Nephew$47
- Kinamed, Inc.$21
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7000%
- Food & beverage$680%
- Ownership interest$770,47888%
- Other$100,87112%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $871,349 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $700 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $47 |
| Kinamed, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
How this compares
$872,117 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 662 sports medicine providers in California.
Other sports medicine in Los Angeles
- Neal ElattracheLos Angeles$51M
- Michael BanffyLos Angeles$578K
- Seth GamradtLos Angeles$567K
- Reza OmidLos Angeles$400K
- Orr LimpisvastiLos Angeles$335K
- George HatchLos Angeles$255K
- David McAllisterLos Angeles$186K
- Alexander WeberLos Angeles$82K
- James TiboneLos Angeles$74K
- Carlos UquillasLos Angeles$68K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.