RxDoctor Payments Data

David McAllister, MD

Sports Medicine · Los Angeles, CANPI 1992801203

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (52.8%), royalties or licence payments and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. at 57.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $52,301 and has fallen 64.1% since, to $18,792 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$185,737in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 91 payments — averaging $2041.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$107K
  • Zimmer Biomet$78K
  • Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc.$188
  • Carbofix Orthopedics Inc$103
  • Smith+Nephew$99
  • Team_makena_llc$85
  • plus $129 from 3 others

What the payments were for

  • Royalty or licence$60,02132%
  • Consulting fees$15,1148%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$98,02553%
  • Travel & lodging$10,7066%
  • Food & beverage$1,8711%

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
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.41$107,363
Zimmer Biomet43$77,771
Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc.1$188
Carbofix Orthopedics Inc1$103
Smith+Nephew1$99
Team_makena_llc1$85
Edwards Lifesciences1$80
DJO, LLC1$37
Johnson & Johnson1$12

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

$185,737 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 662 sports medicine providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$10,765
Medicare patients
47
Services billed
58

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.

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