Ian Elliott, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Kenner, LANPI 1962853853
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (26.4%), grants and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Extremity Medical at 26.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $35,379, more than ten times the $64 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in LA 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.
Across 247 payments — averaging $402.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Extremity Medical$26K
- Arthrex$22K
- Smith+Nephew$15K
- Medartis Inc.$12K
- Stryker$10K
- Linvatec Corporation$4K
- plus $9K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,22526%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,0008%
- Grants$20,00020%
- Travel & lodging$15,72916%
- Food & beverage$11,72312%
- Education$17,77518%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Extremity Medical | 18 | $26,209 |
| Arthrex | 25 | $21,585 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $15,140 |
| Medartis Inc. | 7 | $12,491 |
| Stryker | 127 | $10,202 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 6 | $4,357 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 9 | $2,055 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 3 | $1,483 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 3 | $1,403 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 6 | $983 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 4 | $611 |
| Medline Industries LP | 3 | $318 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $211 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $200 |
| Acumed LLC | 3 | $172 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $150 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 3 | $109 |
| Bonalive Inc | 1 | $109 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $105 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $68 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Vertex | 1 | $15 |
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.
- APTUS$12,491
- Joint prep$7,500
- BioBrace 23mm$3,729
- HERCULES SUTURE ANCHOR SYSTEM$3,500
- INFINITY$2,018
- PROstep$1,846
- INBONE$1,317
- Product Portfolio$1,089
- Cadence$790
- APEX 3D$787
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$637
- STAR$617
- Lapiplasty System$506
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$495
- SALVATION$465
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$465
- QUANTUM$434
- SALTO TALARIS TOTAL ANKLE PROSTHESIS$350
- ACUMED$266
- CellerateRx$200
How this compares
$99,453 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 286 orthopaedic surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naloxone Hcl | 11 | $809 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 48 | $180 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $109 |
| Ibuprofen | 26 | $83 |
| Meloxicam | 37 | $77 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 22 | $35 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 14 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Kenner
- Vinod DasaKenner$1.9M
- Christopher HarrodBaton Rouge$3M
- Pierce NunleyShreveport$1.8M
- Jorge IsazaBaton Rouge$1.2M
- Neil MakiThibodaux$620K
- Robert ZuraNew Orleans$597K
- Kevin McCarthyBaton Rouge$594K
- Timmothy RandellAlexandria$498K
- Fernando SanchezNew Orleans$484K
- Robert EastonBaton Rouge$394K
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.