David Sower, MD
Sports Medicine · Erlanger, KYNPI 1003817453
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $2,400 of the $3,977 with a category attached, or 60.3%. Arthrex accounts for 66.1% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,013 and has fallen 70.9% since, to $876 in 2025.
Across 17 payments — averaging $233.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$900
- Legacy Ortho LLC$385
- Zimmer Biomet$42
- AbbVie$21
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,10428%
- Food & beverage$47312%
- Education$2,40060%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 5 | $2,628 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 6 | $900 |
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 2 | $385 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $42 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $21 |
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.
- Iovera$809
How this compares
$3,977 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 59 sports medicine providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 75 | $2,099 |
| Methylprednisolone | 249 | $1,251 |
| Meloxicam | 130 | $366 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 69 | $311 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 41 | $288 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 36 | $125 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 15 | $101 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 11 | $85 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 22 | $57 |
| Prednisone | 22 | $55 |
| Diazepam | 14 | $9 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Erlanger
- Aloiya KremerErlanger$520
- Stephen HamiltonErlanger$360
- Ryan KruppLouisville$803K
- Howard SchertzingerFlorence$147K
- Chaitanya MalempatiBowling Green$132K
- Scott MairLexington$59K
- Austin StoneLexington$15K
- Abigail DebuskBowling Green$15K
- Kyle ParishPaducah$10K
- Benjamin WilsonLexington$9K
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.