David Falgout, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Tucson, AZNPI 1902254402
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (56.8%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 56.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $25,615 and has fallen 88.6% since, to $2,909 in 2025.
Across 100 payments — averaging $395.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$22K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Goode Surgical Inc$3K
- Micromed Inc$2K
- Stryker$2K
- plus $4K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$22,48457%
- Travel & lodging$3,2068%
- Food & beverage$4,50511%
- Education$9,40024%
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 | 18 | $22,349 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $3,917 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $2,847 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 3 | $2,717 |
| Micromed Inc | 3 | $2,434 |
| Stryker | 26 | $1,636 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $1,434 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $933 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 5 | $754 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $122 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $66 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $60 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $58 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $39 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $38 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Vertex | 1 | $22 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $19 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- ARTHREX$300
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$253
- MILAGRO$242
- SALVATION$224
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$223
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$218
- TRUESPAN ORTHOCORD$216
- NANOTACK FLEX$162
- NA$116
- ATTUNE$116
- SIMPLICITI$115
- Velys$103
How this compares
$39,596 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 377 orthopaedic surgery providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 22 | $142 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Tucson
- Leonard LattTucson$182K
- Rex CooleyTucson$47K
- Nathan ShermanTucson$40K
- Andrew SmithTucson$32K
- Evan LedermanPhoenix$12M
- James ChowPhoenix$6.1M
- Michael McKeePhoenix$3.4M
- Henry ClarkePhoenix$1.9M
- Mark CampbellSun City West$788K
- Samuel HarmsenPhoenix$735K
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.