RxDoctor Payments Data

Daniel Elkin, MD

Sports Medicine · Salem, ORNPI 1205279346

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by education: $16,937 of the $24,644 with a category attached, or 68.7%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Steelhead Surgical Inc at 46.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $12,721 and has fallen 98.0% since, to $254 in 2025.

$24,644in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 83 payments — averaging $296.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Steelhead Surgical Inc$12K
  • Arthrex$6K
  • Smith+Nephew$3K
  • Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$2K
  • Stryker$2K
  • Left Coast Surgical Inc$220
  • plus $112 from 3 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$4,84120%
  • Food & beverage$2,86612%
  • Education$16,93769%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Steelhead Surgical Inc20$11,524
Arthrex42$6,335
Smith+Nephew1$3,045
Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC3$1,809
Stryker10$1,598
Left Coast Surgical Inc2$220
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)3$77
Shoulder Innovations, Inc.1$21
Vericel Corporation1$14

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

$24,644 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 76 sports medicine providers in Oregon.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$53,533
Medicare patients
148
Services billed
1,904

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Meloxicam35$137

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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