Ian Patten, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Augusta, MENPI 1699153601
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (51.5%), grants and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 42.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $30,355 and has fallen 98.0% since, to $601 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in ME 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 60 payments — averaging $826.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$21K
- Micromed Inc$20K
- Smith+Nephew$5K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$3K
- Stryker$799
- Carbofix Spine Inc$266
- plus $355 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$20,00040%
- Travel & lodging$1,8144%
- Food & beverage$2,2184%
- Education$25,53152%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 4 | $20,859 |
| Micromed Inc | 18 | $19,824 |
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $4,926 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 9 | $2,535 |
| Stryker | 11 | $799 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 1 | $266 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $107 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $63 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 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.
- CINCHLOCK$290
- ACCUPASS DIRECT Crescent XL$175
- SALVATION$157
- NA$141
- Q-FIX Hip$141
- Q-FIX Shoulder$141
- Latarjet System$141
- Meniscal Root Repair System$141
- NOVOSTITCH PRO$141
- MICRORAPTOR Knotless Shoulder$125
How this compares
$49,563 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 111 orthopaedic surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium ErDiclofenac Sodium | 34 | $355 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Augusta
- Daniel ShubertAugusta$64K
- Cassandra SankoAugusta$12K
- David WexlerAugusta$11K
- Michael RodgerAugusta$7K
- Stuart AitkenAugusta$4K
- Anthony ManciniAugusta$2K
- George BabikianFalmouth$446K
- Nicholas ColacchioFalmouth$439K
- Adam RanaFalmouth$330K
- John HerzogFalmouth$258K
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.