Eric Strauss, MD
Sports Medicine · New York, NYNPI 1508061748
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (45.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vericel Corporation at 42.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $74,865 and has fallen 82.7% since, to $12,941 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in NY 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 225 payments — averaging $1070.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vericel Corporation$103K
- Smith+Nephew$100K
- Globus Medical$10K
- Arthrex$10K
- Arcuro Medical Inc$8K
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$3K
- plus $8K from 13 others
Across 21 payments — averaging $2817.83 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.
- Fidia Pharma USA Inc.$28K
- Vericel Corporation$17K
- Bioventus LLC$5K
- Cartiheal (2009) LTD.$5K
- Smith+Nephew$5K
Across 1 payment — averaging $27,388 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Overture Orthopaedics$27K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$92,13738%
- Speaking & faculty fees$109,60046%
- Travel & lodging$29,95412%
- Food & beverage$6,1083%
- Education$2,9551%
- Entertainment$190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vericel Corporation | 76 | $102,820 |
| Smith+Nephew | 96 | $99,726 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $9,688 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $9,675 |
| Arcuro Medical Inc | 4 | $7,700 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 2 | $2,955 |
| Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc. | 4 | $2,731 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $2,500 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $1,170 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 4 | $690 |
| Amgen | 19 | $317 |
| Stryker | 2 | $167 |
| CGG Medical Inc | 1 | $162 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $161 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $123 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $103 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Overture Orthopaedics | 1 | $19 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 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.
- MACI$100,353
- 560P High Definition Camera System$31,125
- Covac$31,125
- Dyonics Power$31,125
- Dyonics Power II/Ultralight$31,125
- Dyonics RF System$31,125
- Dyonics Platinum$19,209
- SUPERBALL$7,700
- Hymovis$2,500
- Fast-Fix 360$1,500
- PROCISE Tonsil$1,129
- HEALICOIL PK Hip$1,129
- DERMAL WOUND$1,129
- Journey II$1,129
- EVOS$1,129
- Dyonics Bonecutter Electroblade$1,000
- Dyonics Powermini$1,000
- Q-FIX$715
- ULTRABUTTON$714
- NOVOSTITCH$683
How this compares
$240,772 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 403 sports medicine providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 75 | $138 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in New York
- Gregory DifeliceNew York$1.8M
- Theodore BlaineNew York$765K
- Robert MeislinNew York$720K
- Danyal NawabiNew York$592K
- Riley WilliamsNew York$512K
- Bryan KellyNew York$409K
- Samuel TaylorNew York$255K
- Michael FuNew York$210K
- Michael AlaiaNew York$207K
- Matthew TaoNew York$160K
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.