James Tibone, MD
Sports Medicine · Los Angeles, CANPI 1831174523
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (51.7%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 71.9% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $16,661 and has fallen 79.4% since, to $3,440 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in CA 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 260 payments — averaging $285.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$53K
- Saxum Surgical, Inc.$8K
- Micromed Inc$5K
- Stryker$3K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Abanza Inc.$349
- plus $933 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$38,42552%
- Travel & lodging$12,19116%
- Food & beverage$10,49814%
- Education$13,20018%
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 | 171 | $53,423 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 7 | $8,400 |
| Micromed Inc | 7 | $5,119 |
| Stryker | 31 | $3,426 |
| Smith+Nephew | 28 | $2,665 |
| Abanza Inc. | 3 | $349 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $171 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $152 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $124 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $117 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Community Blood Center | 1 | $82 |
| Tenex Health Inc. | 1 | $81 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $52 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $21 |
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$1,057
- N/A$700
- CINCHLOCK SS$652
- WasherCap Fixation System 10mm$334
- WasherCap Mini Fixation system 4.5mm$334
- HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET$284
- Accu-pass$271
- CAP-FIX$235
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$234
- SALVATION$172
- ICONIX$171
- BioBrace 23mm$171
- CHAMPION$164
- Zilretta$152
- MAKO$150
- NA$149
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$149
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$149
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$149
- Acufex$143
How this compares
$74,314 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 662 sports medicine providers in California.
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.
Other sports medicine in Los Angeles
- Neal ElattracheLos Angeles$51M
- Carleton VangsnessLos Angeles$872K
- Michael BanffyLos Angeles$578K
- Seth GamradtLos Angeles$567K
- Reza OmidLos Angeles$400K
- Orr LimpisvastiLos Angeles$335K
- George HatchLos Angeles$255K
- David McAllisterLos Angeles$186K
- Alexander WeberLos Angeles$82K
- Carlos UquillasLos Angeles$68K
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.