RxDoctor Payments Data

Giovanna Ignacio Subira Medina, MD

Sports Medicine · Boston, MANPI 1508483132

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.4%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 74.6% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $29,868, 6.3 times the $4,712 reported in 2021. Among sports medicine clinicians in MA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$55,298in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 147 payments — averaging $376.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Smith+Nephew$41K
  • Arthrex$9K
  • Kairos Surgical Inc$2K
  • Stryker$1K
  • Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$825
  • Banner Surgical Solutions, Inc$739
  • plus $637 from 3 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$25,65046%
  • Travel & lodging$8,97216%
  • Food & beverage$4,2518%
  • Education$16,42530%

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
Smith+Nephew28$41,236
Arthrex75$8,505
Kairos Surgical Inc15$2,018
Stryker12$1,338
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.7$825
Banner Surgical Solutions, Inc4$739
Vericel Corporation4$307
Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.1$180
Peerless Surgical Inc.1$150

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

$55,298 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 138 sports medicine providers in Massachusetts.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$7,242
Medicare patients
29
Services billed
61

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.

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