Elizabeth Lieberman, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Portland, ORNPI 1578982567
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $318,846 of the $352,843 with a category attached, or 90.4%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 77.9% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $273,444, more than ten times the $498 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in OR 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 239 payments — averaging $1476.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$275K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$54K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$10K
- Johnson & Johnson$5K
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$3K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- plus $4K from 8 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $3040.90 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.
- Zimmer Biomet$30K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$318,84690%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,0001%
- Travel & lodging$19,6426%
- Food & beverage$9,9563%
- Education$1,3990%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 88 | $274,829 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 71 | $54,026 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 20 | $9,824 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 24 | $5,066 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $3,045 |
| Smith+Nephew | 15 | $2,456 |
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 1 | $1,200 |
| Brixton Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Stryker | 5 | $427 |
| Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | 2 | $367 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $300 |
| Acumed LLC | 3 | $206 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $81 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 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.
- ACTIS$3,364
- PINNACLE$2,605
- RECLAIM$2,594
- Pinnacle Gription TF$2,491
- DERMABOND PRINEO$2,325
- STRATAFIX$2,325
- Journey II$2,102
- Persona$1,857
- Velys$1,763
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$1,762
- Legion Revision$1,762
- REDAPT$1,762
- Tandem$1,639
- ROSA$1,170
- Neural Ice$1,000
- Avenir$728
- ACUMED$297
- ATTUNE$246
- AQUAMANTYS$170
- MAKO$169
How this compares
$352,843 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 228 orthopaedic surgery providers in Oregon.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 104 | $1,428 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 182 | $1,215 |
| Omeprazole | 67 | $772 |
| Methocarbamol | 88 | $581 |
| Meloxicam | 52 | $296 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 50 | $263 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $173 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $162 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $158 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 34 | $140 |
| Amoxicillin | 31 | $117 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 17 | $107 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $104 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $98 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Portland
- Michelle WelbornPortland$364K
- Jonathan SalesPortland$303K
- James HaydenPortland$264K
- Paul DuweliusPortland$144K
- Stefan TarlowPortland$134K
- Jay ButlerPortland$98K
- John AndersonPortland$43K
- Jeremy BauerPortland$40K
- David PutnamPortland$30K
- Richard AuranPortland$22K
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.