Eric Clarke, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1023002466
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $1,200 of the $1,822 with a category attached, or 65.9%. Alpha Orthopedic Systems accounts for 65.9% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,233 and has fallen 96.4% since, to $45 in 2025.
Across 9 payments — averaging $202.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$1K
- Stryker$199
- Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC$149
- Arthrex$140
- Smith+Nephew$68
- Linvatec Corporation$45
- plus $21 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$62234%
- Education$1,20066%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $1,200 |
| Stryker | 3 | $199 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 1 | $149 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $140 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $68 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $45 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
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.
- MAKO$150
How this compares
Too few orthopedic surgery providers in Tennesseeto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 41 | $309 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopedic surgery in Chattanooga
- Lloyd BrownWinchester$0
- Charles HeffingtonHohenwald$0
- John JanovichCovington$0
- Lawrence SchraderCordova$0
- William DevriesClarksville$0
- Manish SethiNashville$0
- Rachael ClarkColumbia$0
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.