David Kovacevic, MD
Sports Medicine · New York, NYNPI 1841463122
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.4%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Linvatec Corporation accounts for 62.9% of it on its own, with 25 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $16,595 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $490 in 2025.
Across 102 payments — averaging $344.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Linvatec Corporation$22K
- Seapearl East, Inc$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Ossio Inc$2K
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$2K
- Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,00048%
- Travel & lodging$5,92817%
- Food & beverage$7,94323%
- Education$4,22612%
- Entertainment$480%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Linvatec Corporation | 13 | $22,119 |
| Seapearl East, Inc | 4 | $2,646 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 31 | $2,215 |
| Ossio Inc | 3 | $2,120 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 3 | $1,860 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 6 | $1,011 |
| Stryker | 12 | $643 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $353 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $348 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 2 | $322 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $288 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $270 |
| Biorez, Inc. | 2 | $227 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $150 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $94 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $73 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $63 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $44 |
| Amgen | 2 | $32 |
| Vertex | 1 | $19 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $17 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $16 |
| Synergy Orthopedics, LLC | 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.
- BioBrace 23mm$22,215
- Geistlich Bio Gide$937
- Kerecis SurgiClose$543
- RIGIDLOOP$500
- MILAGRO$500
- MITEK CRUCIATE+$380
- FMS$362
- NA$361
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$353
- TWISTR$253
- Gryphon Orthocord$243
- TRUESPAN ORTHOCORD$231
- DYNATAPE$227
- BioBrace 5mm$200
- Integrity$194
- Omnia$165
- RevoMotion$158
- REUNION$149
- GAMMA$145
- Kerecis GraftGuide$136
How this compares
$35,144 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 403 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 15 | $71 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 14 | $46 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in New York
- Gregory DifeliceNew York$1.8M
- Theodore BlaineNew York$765K
- Robert MeislinNew York$720K
- Danyal NawabiNew York$592K
- Riley WilliamsNew York$512K
- Bryan KellyNew York$409K
- Samuel TaylorNew York$255K
- Eric StraussNew York$241K
- Michael FuNew York$210K
- Michael AlaiaNew York$207K
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.