James Ross, MD
Sports Medicine · Deerfield Beach, FLNPI 1295926731
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (53.5%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 81.7% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $18,351 and has fallen 97.1% since, to $527 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in FL 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 171 payments — averaging $224.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$31K
- Vericel Corporation$3K
- Arthrex$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$465
- Bodycad USA Corp$286
- Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc.$286
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,07511%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,51653%
- Travel & lodging$7,98121%
- Food & beverage$5,80315%
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 | 62 | $31,336 |
| Vericel Corporation | 25 | $2,890 |
| Arthrex | 28 | $1,906 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 19 | $465 |
| Bodycad USA Corp | 2 | $286 |
| Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc. | 2 | $286 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 2 | $240 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 9 | $161 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $141 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 4 | $135 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Stryker | 1 | $58 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Axogen | 1 | $44 |
| Mindray DS USA, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Abbott | 1 | $14 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- AMBIENT HIPVAC$12,067
- ACCUPASS DIRECT Crescent XL$8,595
- BIORAPTOR Hip$6,190
- Hip Pac$6,190
- Healicoil$6,140
- Accu-pass$6,000
- BIORAPTOR$6,000
- Crosstrac$6,000
- Firstpass$6,000
- Elite Hip Instruments$5,877
- Hipstruments$5,695
- Regeneten$3,034
- Q-FIX Hip$2,979
- HEALICOIL REGENESORB$2,750
- REGENESORB$2,750
- MACI$2,455
- SPEEDLOCK HIP$2,102
- Arthro-Pierce$1,125
- Arthrogarde$1,125
- Q-FIX$576
How this compares
$38,375 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 402 sports medicine providers in Florida.
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-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 36 | $527 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 39 | $447 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Deerfield Beach
- Lee KaplanMiami$11.3M
- Patrick SmithNaples$2.9M
- Ryan SimovitchWest Palm Beach$1.1M
- Bruce LevyOrlando$816K
- Gautam YagnikMiami$440K
- Carl DilellaVero Beach$384K
- Adam AnzGulf Breeze$354K
- Stanton LongeneckerJacksonville$330K
- Luga PodestaNaples$206K
- Julianne MunozMiami$149K
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.