Heather Preston, DO
Sports Medicine · Akron, OHNPI 1871986984
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $16,520 of the $18,631 with a category attached, or 88.7%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 32.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $10,663 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $31 in 2024.
Across 40 payments — averaging $465.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$6K
- Pinnacle, Inc$5K
- Arthrex$4K
- Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Vericel Corporation$13
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,7519%
- Food & beverage$3602%
- Education$16,52089%
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 | 2 | $6,000 |
| Pinnacle, Inc | 6 | $4,816 |
| Arthrex | 23 | $4,414 |
| Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. | 3 | $2,198 |
| Stryker | 5 | $1,190 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $13 |
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$1,096
How this compares
$18,631 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 278 sports medicine providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 59 | $208 |
| Meloxicam | 39 | $102 |
| Ibuprofen | 23 | $93 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Akron
- Jovan LaskovskiAkron$337K
- Patrick KaneAkron$27K
- David FlaniganColumbus$915K
- Thomas EllisDublin$427K
- Paul SaluanCleveland$367K
- Vincent SammarcoCincinnati$361K
- Julie BishopColumbus$322K
- Dominic KingCleveland$233K
- Michael SalataCleveland$212K
- Jason GeninLorain$115K
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.