David Patalino, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · New Hartford, NYNPI 1194782326
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (58.9%), education and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Prodigy Surgical Distribution, Inc. at 32.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,711 and has fallen 60.6% since, to $675 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NY, where the typical reported total is $4,024.
Across 48 payments — averaging $77.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Prodigy Surgical Distribution, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$665
- Lifenet Health$479
- Smith+Nephew$327
- Medacta USA, Inc.$278
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$176
- plus $593 from 12 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $1196.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Stryker$4K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3279%
- Food & beverage$2,19259%
- Education$1,20032%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prodigy Surgical Distribution, Inc. | 1 | $1,200 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $665 |
| Lifenet Health | 4 | $479 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $327 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 5 | $278 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 10 | $176 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 3 | $166 |
| Amgen | 5 | $157 |
| Vertex | 3 | $75 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $21 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $20 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 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.
- Q-FIX Shoulder$327
- Allograft VMIS Delivery System$238
- TFN-Advance$232
- INHANCE$142
- AMIStem H Femoral Stems$135
- XIAFLEX$123
- Optium DBM$121
- PliaFX Flo$120
- NA$112
How this compares
$3,719 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 1,079 orthopaedic surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 187 | $1,223 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 61 | $890 |
| Meloxicam | 271 | $663 |
| Celecoxib | 28 | $457 |
| Methylprednisolone | 43 | $314 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $114 |
| Nabumetone | 14 | $92 |
| Prednisone | 22 | $59 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $52 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in New Hartford
- Andrew WicklineNew Hartford$579K
- Anthony RomeoNew York$26.8M
- Lawrence LenkeNew York$26.8M
- Edwin SuNew York$13.2M
- William RicciNew York$11.6M
- Steven HaasNew York$11.3M
- Giles ScuderiNew York$10.7M
- Joseph ZuckermanNew York$9.9M
- Evan FlatowNew York$9.6M
- Bradford ParsonsNew York$9.4M
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.