Clifford Smith, MD
Surgery · Newport News, VANPI 1801987169
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $56,372 of the $69,574 with a category attached, or 81.0%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 53.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $21,874 and has fallen 56.3% since, to $9,552 in 2025. Among surgery 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 150 payments — averaging $463.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$37K
- Johnson & Johnson$28K
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- Medtronic$258
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$218
- Davol Inc.$166
- plus $561 from 11 others
Across 87 payments — averaging $1351.59 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.
- Johnson & Johnson$118K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$56,37281%
- Travel & lodging$8,74313%
- Food & beverage$4,4606%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 41 | $37,264 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 57 | $27,920 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 19 | $3,187 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $258 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $218 |
| Davol Inc. | 5 | $166 |
| Stryker | 3 | $116 |
| Merck | 5 | $102 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $54 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $54 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $34 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 2 | $32 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $31 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $27 |
| Vertex | 1 | $18 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $16 |
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.
- LINX Reflux Management System$31,577
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,769
- EndoFlip$220
- SYNECOR Biomaterial$207
How this compares
$69,574 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 675 surgery 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.
Other surgery in Newport News
- Steven HopsonNewport News$56K
- Lisa ColemanNewport News$15K
- William NewcombNewport News$15K
- Raymond MakhoulRichmond$1.5M
- Zobair YounossiFalls Church$1.2M
- Yassar YoussefNorfolk$1M
- David WeintrittAlexandria$555K
- Hazem ElarinyVienna$368K
- George GillianLorton$214K
- Joseph GreeneReston$187K
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.