Heather Cole, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1891011961
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Smith+Nephew accounts for 65.8% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,677 and has fallen 72.4% since, to $462 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic trauma clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $7,192.
Across 61 payments — averaging $49.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$231
- Zimmer Biomet$188
- Stryker$181
- Globus Medical$142
- Johnson & Johnson$94
- plus $187 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,24942%
- Food & beverage$1,74158%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 13 | $1,968 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 33 | $231 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $188 |
| Stryker | 3 | $181 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $142 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $94 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $21 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $18 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$2,990 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 30 orthopaedic trauma providers in Arizona.
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 orthopaedic trauma in Scottsdale
- Joseph Longo IiiScottsdale$268K
- Gilbert OrtegaScottsdale$83K
- Kurtis StaplesScottsdale$14K
- Thomas FishlerScottsdale$9K
- Gregory EvangelistaScottsdale$928
- Jason LoweTucson$270K
- Shasta HendersonGlendale$174K
- Ammar KarimChandler$23K
- Christina BoultonTuscon$19K
- Adam KantorChandler$18K
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.