David Green
Sports Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1760574529
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.5% of the total across 441 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 57.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,527 and has fallen 70.1% since, to $1,651 in 2025.
Across 441 payments — averaging $51.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$13K
- Acumed LLC$3K
- Medinc Of Texas$1K
- Arthrex$1K
- ERMI LLC$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,2786%
- Food & beverage$20,62190%
- Education$8954%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 300 | $13,136 |
| Acumed LLC | 5 | $2,720 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 7 | $1,368 |
| Arthrex | 13 | $1,098 |
| ERMI LLC | 4 | $1,075 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 50 | $1,024 |
| Axogen | 11 | $475 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 7 | $420 |
| Bioventus LLC | 11 | $267 |
| Vericel Corporation | 6 | $220 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 6 | $198 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $98 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $88 |
| Biom'up SA | 1 | $83 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $63 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 3 | $63 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $59 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| ETS Wound Care LLC | 1 | $44 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $32 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $32 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $27 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $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
$22,795 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 437 sports medicine providers in Texas.
Other sports medicine in Houston
- Walter LoweHouston$1.4M
- James GregoryHouston$565K
- Robert FullickHouston$137K
- Patrick McCullochHouston$136K
- Joshua HarrisHouston$109K
- Mark AdickesHouston$35K
- Mufaddal GomberaHouston$33K
- Robert FlanneryHouston$27K
- David BrownHouston$27K
- Ankur MehtaHouston$26K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.