Dheeraj Yalamanchili, MD
Sports Medicine · Dallas, TXNPI 1366965345
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (48.9%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 45.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $27,378 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $397 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 111 payments — averaging $486.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$25K
- Micromed Inc$13K
- Empire Medical, Inc$5K
- Smith+Nephew$5K
- Stryker$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- plus $653 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$20,00037%
- Travel & lodging$4,0207%
- Food & beverage$3,5897%
- Education$26,42149%
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 | 25 | $24,743 |
| Micromed Inc | 10 | $12,666 |
| Empire Medical, Inc | 13 | $5,268 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $4,502 |
| Stryker | 27 | $3,381 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 17 | $2,818 |
| Vericel Corporation | 4 | $169 |
| Pylant Medical | 3 | $166 |
| Ortho Development Corporation | 1 | $147 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $69 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $33 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- ACTIS$1,724
- ATTUNE$1,724
- MAKO$806
- SALVATION$644
- INSPACE$606
- CINCHLOCK$290
- OMEGA$164
- BKS TriMax$147
- ENTRADA$147
- NANOTACK FLEX$145
- NA$141
- Q-FIX Hip$141
- Q-FIX Shoulder$141
- Latarjet System$141
- Meniscal Root Repair System$141
- NOVOSTITCH PRO$141
- FLEXIBLE GUIDE PIN (STRYKER ACL VERSITOMIC)$129
- MACI$124
How this compares
$54,030 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 437 sports medicine providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 12 | $198 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $88 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Dallas
- Robert ScheinbergDallas$2.2M
- Kelechi OkorohaDallas$297K
- Todd MoenDallas$219K
- Robert DimeffDallas$106K
- Don BufordDallas$80K
- Daniel CooperDallas$74K
- Robert BurgmeierDallas$60K
- Mahmoud KhairDallas$59K
- Karim MeijerDallas$38K
- Mark MullerDallas$28K
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.