Jeffrey Friedman, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1942235114
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.5% of the total across 61 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 26.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $579 and has fallen 81.3% since, to $108 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $2,813.
Across 61 payments — averaging $45.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$731
- Sientra, Inc.$328
- Johnson & Johnson$266
- Davol Inc.$202
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$177
- Medtronic$172
- plus $915 from 14 others
Across 201 payments — averaging $779.35 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$151K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$6K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$130%
- Food & beverage$2,778100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 24 | $731 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 3 | $328 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $266 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $202 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 4 | $177 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $172 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $138 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 1 | $134 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $115 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $113 |
| Vioptix Inc | 1 | $108 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $66 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $49 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $36 |
| Wound Management Technologies, Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Vertex | 1 | $24 |
| Mesh Suture Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $19 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $9 |
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.
How this compares
$2,791 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 378 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Texas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Minocycline Hcl | 46 | $598 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 25 | $166 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Patrick GarveyHouston$117K
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- Edward ChangHouston$111K
- Christi BlakkolbHouston$69K
- Justin BroylesHouston$48K
- Pablo PadillaHouston$46K
- Courtney El-ZokmHouston$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.