David Tapscott, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · East Providence, RINPI 1255711370
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $22,735 of the $33,550 with a category attached, or 67.8%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 45.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $13,966 and has fallen 50.7% since, to $6,882 in 2025.
Across 118 payments — averaging $284.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$15K
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$6K
- Encore Medical, LP$5K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Wardlow Enterprises$1K
- plus $814 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5004%
- Travel & lodging$5,73417%
- Food & beverage$3,58111%
- Education$22,73568%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $15,300 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 3 | $6,446 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 47 | $4,980 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $3,315 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 44 | $1,659 |
| Wardlow Enterprises | 1 | $1,035 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 2 | $475 |
| Stryker | 1 | $101 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $97 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $75 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Vertex | 1 | $21 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals 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.
- Geminus$6,400
- Align$6,400
- IJS$6,400
- Implate$6,400
- ATTUNE$2,413
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Reverse$2,150
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$1,775
- DJO SURGICAL$1,065
- DJO Surgical Discovery Elbow System$665
- Distal Humerus Plating System$475
- Knees Product Portfolio$331
- Hips Product Portfolio$238
- Affixus$148
- Trauma Product Portfolio$107
- NCB$101
- MAKO$101
How this compares
$33,550 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 124 orthopaedic surgery providers in Rhode Island.
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 | 77 | $731 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 16 | $714 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 75 | $376 |
| Cephalexin | 34 | $147 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 48 | $110 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in East Providence
- Alan DanielsEast Providence$1.9M
- Valentin AntociEast Providence$210K
- Dominic KleinhenzEast Providence$164K
- Bassel DieboEast Providence$138K
- Andrew VegaEast Providence$54K
- Ferras AlbitarEast Providence$53K
- Roy AaronEast Providence$37K
- Ryan HoffmanEast Providence$24K
- Darshan ShahEast Providence$13K
- Stephen MarcaccioEast Providence$12K
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.