David Meyers
Sports Physician · Oakdale, CANPI 1659592475
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 62 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 30.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $703 and has fallen 83.2% since, to $118 in 2025. Among sports physician clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 62 payments — averaging $30.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$573
- Nevro Corp.$549
- Medtronic$159
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$137
- Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.$103
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$87
- plus $295 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,903100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 19 | $573 |
| Nevro Corp. | 21 | $549 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $159 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 6 | $103 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $87 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $72 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $34 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Amgen | 1 | $21 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Axium INS DRG IPG$169
- INTELLIS$159
- PROCLAIM$157
- mild Device Kit$137
- Senza$103
How this compares
$1,903 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 30 sports physician providers in California.
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.
Other sports physician in Oakdale
- Scott HeunNapa$4K
- Tom SimSanta Clara$698
- Alberto YanezSan Diego$392
- Christopher BakerSan Jose$311
- Brett DarringtonWestlake Village$231
- Ed GreenFresno$163
- Omid JavaherianValley Village$153
- Alan ShermanCanoga Park$140
- Shahira McElhanonCamarillo$125
- James BaranskiVentura$125
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.