David Swanson, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Reno, NVNPI 1407147556
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.7%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sequoia Surgical, Inc. at 48.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,369 and has fallen 88.0% since, to $165 in 2025.
Across 22 payments — averaging $114.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sequoia Surgical, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$668
- Johnson & Johnson$297
- Exactech, Inc.$185
- Acumed LLC$125
- Abbott$23
- plus $15 from 1 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $2172.00 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$11K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$452%
- Food & beverage$1,28051%
- Education$1,20048%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sequoia Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $1,212 |
| Stryker | 12 | $668 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $297 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $185 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- EQUINOXE$185
- MAKO$173
- T2 ALPHA$159
- Anatomic Radial Head System$125
- Clavicle Plating System$125
- Polarus 3 Solution$125
- RibLoc$125
- BioBridge$125
- TFN ADVANCED$107
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic trauma providers in Nevadato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 30 | $210 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $45 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Reno
- Steven ShannonReno$96K
- Brian SchneidermanReno$60K
- Pierce JohnsonReno$21K
- Markus LoefflerReno$13K
- Timothy BrayReno$11K
- Peter AlthausenReno$6K
- Aaron DickensReno$1K
- Alexander MayersNellis Afb$29K
- Jessica BearLas Vegas$6K
- Mark HubertLas Vegas$5K
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.