RxDoctor Payments Data

Evan Michaelson, MD

Sports Medicine · Annapolis, MDNPI 1104323286

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (56.7%), travel and lodging and gifts — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 56.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $4,388 and has fallen 62.6% since, to $1,639 in 2025.

$7,652in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 66 payments — averaging $115.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Stryker$4K
  • Shoulder Innovations, Inc.$2K
  • Arthrex$975
  • Suvon Surgical LLC$413
  • Exactech, Inc.$194
  • Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$134
  • plus $87 from 2 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$3,27743%
  • Food & beverage$4,33557%
  • Gifts$391%

Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.

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
Stryker33$4,295
Shoulder Innovations, Inc.5$1,552
Arthrex18$975
Suvon Surgical LLC4$413
Exactech, Inc.1$194
Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC3$134
Zimmer Biomet1$60
Native Surgical, LLC1$27

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

$7,652 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 111 sports medicine providers in Maryland.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$22,976
Medicare patients
76
Services billed
293

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Ondansetron OdtOndansetron19$91
Meloxicam13$71
Hydromorphone Hcl13$67
Oxycodone Hcl14$50

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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