Eric Johnson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Damariscotta, MENPI 1508019779
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (46.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 66.1% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,688 and has fallen 72.9% since, to $998 in 2025.
Across 195 payments — averaging $87.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$11K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Pylant Medical$1K
- Si-bone, Inc.$796
- Zimmer Biomet$539
- Stryker$539
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,43914%
- Food & beverage$6,64239%
- Education$8,00147%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 136 | $11,286 |
| Globus Medical | 18 | $1,325 |
| Pylant Medical | 1 | $1,141 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 8 | $796 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $539 |
| Stryker | 9 | $539 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $373 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $227 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $185 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $147 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $122 |
| Omnilife Science, Inc | 1 | $110 |
| Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions | 1 | $62 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $27 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $20 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $13 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Total Knee Arthroplasty$493
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$350
- Onvoy$285
- MAKO$274
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS SOFT TISSUE ENDOSCOPIC CTR$150
- ACCOLADE SR$149
- Tactoset Hip Registry Place Holder$145
- Tricera Handpiece$144
- Oxford$141
- A/R Femoral Nail$141
- AccuFill$132
- Persona$123
- EVOS$122
- Genflex2 Total Knee System$113
- Various Products$110
- TFN-Advance$109
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS KNEE ARTHROPLASTY UNI KNEE$105
How this compares
$17,082 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 111 orthopaedic surgery providers in Maine.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium ErDiclofenac Sodium | 274 | $6,978 |
| Clobetasol EmollientClobetasol Propionate/Emoll | 12 | $1,784 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 39 | $206 |
| Cephalexin | 27 | $200 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 26 | $182 |
| Methylprednisolone | 27 | $181 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 41 | $155 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 28 | $81 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Damariscotta
- Aaron VaslowDamariscotta$3K
- George BabikianFalmouth$446K
- Nicholas ColacchioFalmouth$439K
- Adam RanaFalmouth$330K
- John HerzogFalmouth$258K
- Matthew CamusoPortland$120K
- Ian DickeyFarmington$75K
- Daniel ShubertAugusta$64K
- Gregory PomeroyPortland$52K
- Joseph KahanSouth Portland$51K
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.