RxDoctor Payments Data

David Zeman, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery · Phoenix, AZNPI 1902854276

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 7 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Amgen accounts for 66.4% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $36 and has fallen 62.8% since, to $14 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $4,792.

$96in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 7 payments — averaging $13.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$64
  • Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$19
  • Vericel Corporation$14

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$96100%

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

19
20
21
22
25

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.

How this compares

$96 in reported general payments places this provider in the 5th percentile of 377 orthopaedic surgery providers in Arizona.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$414,489
Medicare patients
401
Services billed
6,835

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Ibuprofen275$1,408
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen93$842
Ondansetron OdtOndansetron139$703
Cephalexin142$331
Tramadol Hcl81$178
Diazepam14$19

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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