Gregory Difelice, MD
Sports Medicine · New York, NYNPI 1639148208
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — other (59.6%), consulting fees and royalties or licence payments — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 64.6% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,135,919 and has fallen 83.6% since, to $186,153 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 332 payments — averaging $5440.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$1.2M
- Arthrex$439K
- Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.$161K
- Embody, Inc.$35K
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$1K
- Steelhead Surgical Inc$1K
- plus $935 from 10 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $33,333 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.
- Arthrex$100K
Across 5 payments — averaging $230,861 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Zimmer Biomet$1.2M
- Embody, Inc.$0
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$252,92614%
- Consulting fees$280,52616%
- Speaking & faculty fees$98,7455%
- Travel & lodging$33,3772%
- Food & beverage$8,6070%
- Education$56,3593%
- Gifts$1140%
- Other$1,075,72460%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 56 | $1,167,604 |
| Arthrex | 227 | $439,069 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 7 | $161,119 |
| Embody, Inc. | 26 | $35,127 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 2 | $1,323 |
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 1 | $1,200 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 4 | $367 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $149 |
| Engage Uni, LLC | 1 | $114 |
| Ortho Development Corporation | 1 | $103 |
| Stryker | 1 | $46 |
| Abanza Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $39 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 1 | $37 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $21 |
| Seapearl East, Inc | 1 | $17 |
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.
- TAPESTRY$1,104,239
- ARTHREX$965,427
- ActivBraid$36,392
- KNEE & HIP IMPLANTS OTHER ACL REPAIR$15,080
- Expressbraid$12,920
- Juggerknotless Soft Anchor$7,924
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS EXTREMITY FRACTURE MANAGEMENT CLAVICLE FRACTURE$6,385
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$4,428
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS TRAUMA CLAVICLE FRACTURE$4,336
- SHOULDER IMPLANTS OTHER CLAVICLE FRACTURE$2,246
- KNEE & HIP IMPLANTS OTHER ACL BACKUP$1,885
- KNEE & HIP IMPLANTS OTHER IB LIGAMENT AUGMENTATION$290
- OSS Orthopedic Salvage System$193
- BioBrace 23mm$136
- SHOULDER IMPLANTS SPEEDBRIDGE COMPOSITE ANCHORS$119
- Engage Partial Knee System$114
- BKS TriMax$103
How this compares
$1,806,377 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.
Other sports medicine in New York
- Theodore BlaineNew York$765K
- Robert MeislinNew York$720K
- Danyal NawabiNew York$592K
- Riley WilliamsNew York$512K
- Bryan KellyNew York$409K
- Samuel TaylorNew York$255K
- Eric StraussNew York$241K
- 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.