Jason Smith, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Cedar Knolls, NJNPI 1780818047
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (45.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 49.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $9,856 and has fallen 83.0% since, to $1,678 in 2025. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in NJ 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 240 payments — averaging $79.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$9K
- Medtronic$2K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$1K
- Globus Medical$910
- Boston Scientific$877
- plus $3K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,72045%
- Travel & lodging$2,08511%
- Food & beverage$8,35744%
- Education$50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 52 | $9,431 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 25 | $2,203 |
| Nevro Corp. | 33 | $1,382 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 13 | $1,198 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 13 | $910 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $877 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $774 |
| Abbott | 12 | $543 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 5 | $434 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 11 | $166 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $137 |
| Stryker | 2 | $136 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 8 | $131 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $64 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $56 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $56 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Vertex | 1 | $29 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $28 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $28 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $11 |
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.
- RAYOS$26,827
- Senza$1,040
- SYNCHROMED$861
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$663
- Evoke$586
- Evoke SCS$465
- mild Device Kit$403
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$307
- Omnia$255
- INTELLIS$200
- PROCLAIM$172
- GRAFTONAND GRAFTON PLUSDEMINERALIZED BONE MATRIX (DBM)$160
- Prospera$138
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$123
- ReActiv8$119
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$112
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$109
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$106
How this compares
$19,167 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 434 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in New Jersey.
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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 | 28 | $1,057 |
| Methylprednisolone | 67 | $457 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 21 | $380 |
| Meloxicam | 56 | $271 |
| Prednisone | 93 | $234 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 45 | $136 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $98 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 19 | $85 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 25 | $83 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 12 | $42 |
| Diazepam | 20 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Cedar Knolls
- Gerard MalangaCedar Knolls$6K
- Shahrokh BemanianCedar Knolls$3K
- Steven EscaldiEdison$70K
- Yekyung KongWest Orange$61K
- Joseph IbrahimBayonne$50K
- Steven KirshblumWest Orange$47K
- Joseph ValenzaChester$29K
- Christine GreissEdison$28K
- Bianca MartinezManasquan$25K
- Sandeep RathiLakewood$14K
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.