Jeffrey Belisle
Orthopaedic Surgery · Usaf Academy, CONPI 1952625840
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (39.2%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC at 36.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $7,572 and has fallen 96.6% since, to $258 in 2025.
Across 165 payments — averaging $141.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$9K
- Arthrex$8K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$2K
- Trimed, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Vericel Corporation$200
- plus $434 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,15639%
- Food & beverage$5,82425%
- Education$8,40636%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 18 | $8,514 |
| Arthrex | 106 | $8,243 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 2 | $2,406 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 2 | $1,806 |
| Stryker | 21 | $1,783 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $200 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $111 |
| Pylant Medical | 1 | $101 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $60 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $44 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $44 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $42 |
| Joint Active Systems, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 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.
- HOFFMANN$343
- ACCOLADE$328
- PRO$239
- VARIAX$172
- SALVATION$157
- MACI$121
- FLEXIBLE GUIDE PIN (STRYKER ACL VERSITOMIC)$104
- INSPACE$104
- AEQUALIS REVERSED II$102
How this compares
$23,386 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 383 orthopaedic surgery providers in Colorado.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Usaf Academy
- Joel MattaVail$21M
- Douglas DennisDenver$16.8M
- Brian HaasDenver$5.1M
- Theodore SchlegelGreenwood Village$5M
- Charlie YangDenver$3.6M
- Robert GreenhowLone Tree$2.8M
- David LoucksLone Tree$2.7M
- Robert BessGreenwood Village$1.8M
- Bharat DesaiGolden$1.4M
- Kris AldenBasalt$1.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.