Ian Rice, MD
Sports Medicine · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1730314238
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (55.0%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 40.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,761 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $52 in 2024.
Across 116 payments — averaging $123.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$6K
- Legacy Ortho LLC$4K
- Arthrex$3K
- CDC Medical LLC$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$492
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$168
- plus $191 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,89555%
- Food & beverage$4,03028%
- Education$2,42117%
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 | 36 | $5,732 |
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 9 | $3,533 |
| Arthrex | 43 | $2,866 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 6 | $1,365 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $492 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $168 |
| Vericel Corporation | 3 | $54 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $34 |
| Stryker | 1 | $32 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
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.
- Q-FIX$3,629
- MICRORAPTOR$2,550
- Healicoil$1,511
- Ultrabraid$1,275
- Hipstruments$888
- SPEEDLOCK HIP$860
- Elite Hip Instruments$751
- ACCUPASS DIRECT Crescent XL$454
- MICRORAPTOR Knotless Anchor$251
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$236
- NCB Instruments/Plates/Screws$231
- Juggerknotless Soft Anchor$150
- Tricera Handpiece$150
- Hip Pac$134
- BIORAPTOR$133
- SHOULDER IMPLANTS FIBERTAK KNOTLESS$124
- EquivaBone$119
- VISCO-3$112
- Gel One$112
- Alps Clavicle$112
How this compares
$14,347 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 81 | $7,881 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 184 | $4,542 |
| Nabumetone | 130 | $2,998 |
| Meloxicam | 107 | $689 |
| Methylprednisolone | 111 | $593 |
| Naproxen | 76 | $543 |
| Indomethacin | 18 | $518 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 30 | $215 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 25 | $165 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 31 | $146 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 20 | $129 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 16 | $72 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $36 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 17 | $8 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Cincinnati
- Vincent SammarcoCincinnati$361K
- Melissa SummersCincinnati$89K
- Brian GraweCincinnati$50K
- Timothy KremchekCincinnati$28K
- George MaticCincinnati$22K
- Michelle AndrewsCincinnati$22K
- Samir SharrakCincinnati$12K
- David FlaniganColumbus$915K
- Thomas EllisDublin$427K
- Paul SaluanCleveland$367K
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.