David Forrester, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1871099192
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (41.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pylant Medical at 39.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $8,753 and has fallen 71.9% since, to $2,457 in 2025.
Across 185 payments — averaging $155.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pylant Medical$11K
- Zimmer Biomet$6K
- Stryker$5K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc$2K
- Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc.$1K
- plus $714 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,97524%
- Food & beverage$9,75834%
- Education$12,03442%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pylant Medical | 8 | $11,273 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 31 | $6,124 |
| Stryker | 107 | $5,287 |
| Smith+Nephew | 16 | $2,517 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $1,685 |
| Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | 7 | $1,167 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $259 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 7 | $118 |
| Alliance Medical | 1 | $115 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $83 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $55 |
| Omnilife Science, Inc | 1 | $25 |
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.
- Persona$1,961
- EVOS$1,799
- TRIGEN$1,799
- MAKO$1,088
- Avenir$482
- TRIATHLON$315
- Journey II$274
- ACCOLADE$262
- mymobility Platform$198
- ALLOWRAP$168
- 4FUSION$168
- T2$164
- Legion$145
- Legion Revision$145
- OR3O Dual Mobility$145
- K-15 PORK$145
- GAMMA$123
- INSIGNIA$122
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$120
- NA$112
How this compares
$28,767 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 31 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Colorado.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 58 | $1,564 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 41 | $321 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Colorado Springs
- Eric JepsonColorado Springs$12K
- Armodios HatzidakisDenver$1.4M
- Sean GreyFort Collins$761K
- Kirk KindsfaterFort Collins$578K
- Derek JohnsonParker$181K
- Mark TuttleDenver$95K
- Michael DaytonAurora$56K
- Jason JenningsDenver$45K
- Hailee ReistDenver$27K
- Eric BaslerAurora$24K
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.