RxDoctor Payments Data

Elizabeth Matzkin, MD

Sports Medicine · Boston, MANPI 1861592404

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $144,525 of the $181,977 with a category attached, or 79.4%. Arthrex accounts for 91.2% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $86,744, more than ten times the $8,572 reported in 2019. Among sports medicine clinicians in MA 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.

$181,977in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 218 payments — averaging $834.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Arthrex$166K
  • Medacta USA, Inc.$10K
  • Kairos Surgical Inc$3K
  • Peerless Surgical Inc.$2K
  • Banner Surgical Solutions, Inc$955
  • Acumed LLC$206
  • plus $374 from 4 others
$28,723in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 8 payments — averaging $3590.31 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$29K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$4,0002%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$144,52579%
  • Travel & lodging$24,25913%
  • Food & beverage$5,5943%
  • Education$3,6002%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Arthrex164$166,015
Medacta USA, Inc.20$10,138
Kairos Surgical Inc18$2,707
Peerless Surgical Inc.4$1,582
Banner Surgical Solutions, Inc5$955
Acumed LLC3$206
Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.1$180
Johnson & Johnson1$114
Smith+Nephew1$60
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.1$20

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.

How this compares

$181,977 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 138 sports medicine providers in Massachusetts.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$40,807
Medicare patients
122
Services billed
222

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.

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