Daniel Donovan, MD
Hand Surgery · Albany, NYNPI 1629344619
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (55.8%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Prodigy Surgical Distribution, Inc. at 44.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $8,752 and has fallen 95.6% since, to $381 in 2025.
Across 45 payments — averaging $352.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Prodigy Surgical Distribution, Inc.$7K
- Arthrex$6K
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$1K
- Axogen$445
- Medtronic$272
- Johnson & Johnson$156
- plus $557 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,00013%
- Travel & lodging$3,06319%
- Food & beverage$1,95412%
- Education$8,84256%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prodigy Surgical Distribution, Inc. | 12 | $7,118 |
| Arthrex | 14 | $6,180 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 4 | $1,130 |
| Axogen | 2 | $445 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $272 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $156 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $140 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $132 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Stryker | 2 | $74 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Dynasplint Systems 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.
- Geminus$1,007
- Align$1,007
- IJS$1,007
- Implate$1,007
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$445
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$445
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$445
- Osseofit$140
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$132
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$124
How this compares
$15,859 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 178 hand surgery providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 59 | $465 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 18 | $105 |
| Baclofen | 19 | $93 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 11 | $68 |
| Gabapentin | 19 | $43 |
| Meloxicam | 16 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Albany
- Michael OkoliAlbany$25K
- Stefanos HaddadAlbany$24K
- George ZanarosAlbany$23K
- Michael MulliganAlbany$7K
- Richard UhlAlbany$5K
- Scott WolfeNy$251K
- Nader PaksimaNew York$171K
- Peter SteinGreat Neck$131K
- Michael HausmanNew York$128K
- Otis BarronNew York$122K
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.