Jeffrey Dickson, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Helena, MTNPI 1215340294
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $1,363 of the $1,777 with a category attached, or 76.7%. Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. accounts for 76.7% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,492 and has fallen 94.5% since, to $82 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MT, where the typical reported total is $1,701.
Across 11 payments — averaging $161.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc.$1K
- Linvatec Corporation$116
- Sioux Surgical Inc$101
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$66
- Merz North America, Inc.$65
- Arthrex$42
- plus $25 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$41423%
- Education$1,36377%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $1,363 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $116 |
| Sioux Surgical Inc | 4 | $101 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $66 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $42 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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.
- ALLOGRAFT TISSUE$116
How this compares
$1,777 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 76 orthopaedic surgery providers in Montana.
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 Hcl | 38 | $198 |
| Amoxicillin | 18 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Helena
- Chase DukesHelena$34K
- Kerry HaleHelena$14K
- Peter HansonHelena$872
- John MichelottiHelena$820
- Erik BergquistHelena$309
- Brian DrakeBillings$84K
- Daniel WhitingMissoula$39K
- Daniel DixonMissoula$38K
- Matthew KopplinBillings$35K
- Jace BullardGreat Falls$29K
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.