Dror Paley
Orthopaedic Surgery · West Palm Beach, FLNPI 1851334569
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $2,715,262 of the $3,066,094 with a category attached, or 88.6%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. at 44.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $672,807 and has fallen 61.9% since, to $256,352 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 226 payments — averaging $13,567 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.$1.4M
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$936K
- Globus Medical$230K
- Devise Ortho Inc$220K
- Orthopediatrics Canada ULC$205K
- Smith+Nephew$100K
- plus $5K from 16 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $1470.00 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.
- Globus Medical$4K
Across 10 payments — averaging $86,047 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Bionova Medical Inc$860K
- Devise Ortho Inc$0
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$2,715,26289%
- Consulting fees$3,6000%
- Travel & lodging$7,0690%
- Food & beverage$20,1811%
- Ownership interest$220,0007%
- Other$99,9823%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 38 | $1,370,368 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 26 | $936,031 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 17 | $230,167 |
| Devise Ortho Inc | 2 | $220,000 |
| Orthopediatrics Canada ULC | 3 | $204,592 |
| Smith+Nephew | 116 | $100,254 |
| Vilex LLC | 4 | $3,833 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $223 |
| Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $172 |
| Axogen | 3 | $135 |
| Vertex | 2 | $54 |
| Stryker | 1 | $47 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $23 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $14 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- PRECICE Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System$965,451
- PRECICE$564,508
- Modular Rail System$50,544
- MODULAR RAIL$47,723
- Orthopediatric Implants$16,032
- HINTERMANN$2,711
- Orthex$1,122
- Anthem$762
- EVOS$266
- Autobahn$178
- NA$116
How this compares
$3,066,094 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
Other orthopaedic surgery in West Palm Beach
- Tom MinasWest Palm Beach$2.5M
- Stephen QuinnanWest Palm Beach$739K
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
- Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7.3M
- Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7.1M
- Steven LyonsTampa$6.7M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.