Gordon Birk, MD
Sports Medicine · Hot Springs, ARNPI 1134238793
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $12,334 of the $20,324 with a category attached, or 60.7%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 59.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $8,116 and has fallen 53.0% since, to $3,814 in 2025.
Across 132 payments — averaging $153.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$12K
- Zimmer Biomet$8K
- FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc$147
- DJO, LLC$76
- Radius Health, Inc.$47
- Smith+Nephew$31
- plus $72 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$12,33461%
- Food & beverage$7,91639%
- Education$730%
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 | 89 | $12,092 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 31 | $7,859 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 2 | $147 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $76 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $31 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
- MAKO$4,325
- PRO$2,842
- ROSA$2,471
- ROSA-Knee$1,805
- Persona$1,158
- GAMMA$628
- NA$612
- INSPACE$330
- T2 ALPHA$310
- Persona Revision$223
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$153
- VARIAX$153
- Avitus Bone Harvester$125
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$119
- ICONIX$111
- MEMODERM$108
How this compares
$20,324 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 30 sports medicine providers in Arkansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 65 | $36,572 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 644 | $6,938 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 69 | $2,509 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 77 | $715 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 113 | $387 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 50 | $376 |
| Gabapentin | 64 | $375 |
| Meloxicam | 67 | $268 |
| Ibuprofen | 19 | $246 |
| Cefadroxil | 28 | $203 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $196 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 22 | $162 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $114 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Hot Springs
- Samuel McClatchyFayetteville$57K
- Austin ColeConway$44K
- Christopher DoughertyBentonville$39K
- Michael BogatchLittle Rock$19K
- Kirk ReynoldsLittle Rock$18K
- Eric GordonLittle Rock$13K
- Robert MacleodBentonville$11K
- Lauren PriceBryant$11K
- Andrew HeinzelmannFayetteville$10K
- Navin KilambiFayetteville$6K
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.