Emile Li, MD
Sports Medicine · Fort Dodge, IANPI 1285687418
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (34.4%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Maxx Orthopedics, Inc. at 36.1% of the total.
Across 117 payments — averaging $211.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Maxx Orthopedics, Inc.$9K
- Zimmer Biomet$5K
- Wardlow Enterprises$4K
- Arthrex$4K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Prism Medical$641
- plus $318 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,50034%
- Travel & lodging$7,71731%
- Food & beverage$3,81715%
- Education$4,66719%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Maxx Orthopedics, Inc. | 9 | $8,907 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 47 | $5,334 |
| Wardlow Enterprises | 9 | $3,988 |
| Arthrex | 28 | $3,566 |
| Smith+Nephew | 13 | $1,947 |
| Prism Medical | 4 | $641 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $119 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $38 |
| Vertex | 2 | $31 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Freedom Total Knee System$4,500
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$1,410
- Oxford$1,266
- ROSA$992
- Engage Partial Knee System$869
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$863
- Journey II$726
- VISIONAIRE$726
- Persona$439
- ROSA-Knee$405
- Comprehensive Primary Stem$142
- NAVIO$121
- Journey II BCS$121
- POLARSTEM$121
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$119
- Connected Health-None$102
How this compares
$24,701 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 33 sports medicine providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ibuprofen | 65 | $211 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 87 | $208 |
| Cefadroxil | 20 | $180 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $159 |
| Amoxicillin | 186 | $125 |
| Cephalexin | 61 | $99 |
| Gabapentin | 60 | $65 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 37 | $46 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Fort Dodge
- Annunziato AmendolaIowa City$982K
- Brian WolfIowa City$298K
- Blake BodendorferCouncil Bluffs$95K
- John HartCedar Rapids$37K
- Mederic HallIowa City$26K
- Matthew BollierIowa City$22K
- Kristyn DarmafallDavenport$17K
- Bruno VaroneIowa City$13K
- Austin RammeNorth Liberty$12K
- William JacobsonDes Moines$9K
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.