Christopher Shultz, MD
Sports Medicine · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1316334089
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (47.1%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 36.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $31,265 and has fallen 95.2% since, to $1,487 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in NM 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 122 payments — averaging $445.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$20K
- Smith+Nephew$14K
- Southtech Orthopedics$11K
- Stryker$4K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$2K
- Alliance Medical$1K
- plus $956 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$20,00037%
- Travel & lodging$4,9479%
- Food & beverage$3,7837%
- Education$25,59047%
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 | $20,000 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $14,298 |
| Southtech Orthopedics | 11 | $11,340 |
| Stryker | 52 | $4,067 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 17 | $2,478 |
| Alliance Medical | 16 | $1,181 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 2 | $326 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $270 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 7 | $176 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $124 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $42 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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
$54,320 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 30 sports medicine providers in New Mexico.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naloxone Hcl | 15 | $937 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 34 | $172 |
| Naproxen | 29 | $136 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 19 | $84 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $69 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 11 | $62 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Albuquerque
- Filip HolyAlbuquerque$38K
- Dustin RichterAlbuquerque$36K
- John FrancoAlbuquerque$6K
- Douglas AllenAlbuquerque$6K
- Samuel TabetAlbuquerque$3K
- Olivia MorrisAlbuquerque$3K
- Arnold KiburzAlbuquerque$2K
- Shelby JarrellAlbuquerque$2K
- Kevin McGeeAlbuquerque$2K
- Daniel WascherAlbuquerque$2K
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.