Frank Gwathmey, MD
Sports Medicine · Charlottesville, VANPI 1528261229
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (29.0%), speaking fees and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 36.7% of the total.
Across 116 payments — averaging $365.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$16K
- Arthrex$12K
- DJO, LLC$10K
- Fortis Surgical, LLC$2K
- Davol Inc.$1K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$585
- plus $323 from 3 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $1574.61 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.
- Smith+Nephew$7K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5851%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,10326%
- Grants$10,32424%
- Travel & lodging$12,30029%
- Food & beverage$6,91216%
- Education$1,2003%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 85 | $15,582 |
| Arthrex | 18 | $12,153 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $10,324 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 7 | $2,354 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $1,103 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $585 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $152 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
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.
- SALVATION$10,000
- ALPHAVENT$1,079
- NANOTACK FLEX$920
- ICONIX$731
- RIGIDLOOP$585
- BRISTOW-LATARJET$585
- VISUALIZATION$585
- NA$417
- PROCINCH$278
- INSPACE$263
- SAMURAI$169
- HIPCHECK$153
- CINCHLOCK$153
- LINVATEC HIP PRESERVATION SYSTEM$152
- EQUINOXE$121
How this compares
$42,423 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 171 sports medicine providers in Virginia.
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.
Other sports medicine in Charlottesville
- David DiduchCharlottesville$3.8M
- Stephen BrockmeierCharlottesville$2.6M
- Brian WernerCharlottesville$1.2M
- Mark MillerCharlottesville$92K
- Matthew DeaseyCharlottesville$39K
- Eric CarsonCharlottesville$12K
- Thorp DavisMechanicsville$3M
- William NordtRichmond$2.6M
- Justin GriffinVirginia Beach$1.5M
- Kevin BonnerVirginia Beach$1.1M
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.