Charissa Farris
Orthopaedic Surgery · San Jose, CANPI 1023227733
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (59.5%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biotissue Holdings Inc. at 24.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,780 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $18 in 2025.
Across 88 payments — averaging $93.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$2K
- Arthrex$1K
- Impactortho, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$763
- Amgen$261
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$92111%
- Food & beverage$4,88860%
- Education$2,40029%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 23 | $1,979 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $1,417 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 4 | $1,286 |
| Stryker | 15 | $1,175 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $763 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 9 | $261 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $242 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $211 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $209 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $169 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $125 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $78 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $51 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $21 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $18 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 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
$8,210 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,808 orthopaedic surgery providers in California.
Other orthopaedic surgery in San Jose
- Bradford HackArcadia$18.3M
- Robert GorabOrange$13.6M
- Kelly VinceLos Angeles$9.6M
- Stephen HowellSacramento$9.4M
- Thomas CoonRed Bluff$9.2M
- Nirav AminPlacentia$5.6M
- Tom NorrisSan Francisco$5.3M
- Jay LiebermanLos Angeles$4.8M
- Peter NewtonSan Diego$4.2M
- Sigurd BervenSan Francisco$4.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.