Ian Engler, MD
Sports Medicine · Auburn, MENPI 1225485808
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $30,558 of the $47,287 with a category attached, or 64.6%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC at 43.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $22,975 and has fallen 95.1% since, to $1,126 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in ME 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 132 payments — averaging $358.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$21K
- Arthrex$14K
- Smith+Nephew$7K
- Stryker$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$731
- Kairos Surgical Inc$276
- plus $683 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$10,00021%
- Travel & lodging$2,8936%
- Food & beverage$3,8368%
- Education$30,55865%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 33 | $20,718 |
| Arthrex | 31 | $14,187 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $7,111 |
| Stryker | 45 | $3,581 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $731 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 3 | $276 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 3 | $267 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $78 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $53 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $16 |
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.
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$2,066
- DJO SURGICAL$246
- NA$169
- EQUINOXE$143
- INSPACE$130
- Zilretta$125
How this compares
$47,287 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 42 sports medicine providers in Maine.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 11 | $55 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Auburn
- Jeffrey DavilaAuburn$763
- Bruce DickAuburn$61
- Kenneth MorseBangor$521K
- Elaine ShingNorway$34K
- Scott TuckerSaco$23K
- Stephen ThompsonBangor$2K
- Jean MichaudCaribou$1K
- Michael KuljuBrunswick$907
- Elizabeth RotheLewiston$823
- F AveryCumberland$723
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.