Joey Lamartina, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Covington, LANPI 1962723049
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.5%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Encore Medical, LP accounts for 83.9% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in LA 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 384 payments — averaging $403.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Encore Medical, LP$130K
- ALON Medical Technology$4K
- DJO, LLC$3K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- plus $10K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$92,22360%
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,84014%
- Travel & lodging$24,76716%
- Food & beverage$12,9108%
- Education$3,1682%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Encore Medical, LP | 187 | $129,999 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 8 | $3,952 |
| DJO, LLC | 4 | $3,213 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 31 | $2,807 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 21 | $2,357 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 10 | $2,332 |
| Arthrex | 25 | $2,233 |
| Stryker | 45 | $2,007 |
| Insight Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $1,750 |
| Vericel Corporation | 7 | $952 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $877 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 11 | $816 |
| Xiros Inc | 5 | $731 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $483 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $161 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $142 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- DJO SURGICAL$181,142
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$25,570
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Reverse$20,342
- DJO Surgical TaperFill Hip System$4,793
- ARVIS$1,750
- REUNION$1,035
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$1,029
- PRIMARY SHOULDER$963
- MACI$915
- DJO Surgical Match Point System$697
- RevoMotion$464
- AMIStem H Femoral Stems$448
- Shoulder System$416
- OVOMotion$292
- DJO Surgical CLP Hip System$252
- DJO Surgical Alians Proximal Humerus Fracture Plate$252
- PITCH-PATCH$241
- N/A$224
- TFN ADVANCED$213
- DJO Surgical 3DKnee System$208
How this compares
$154,907 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 286 orthopaedic surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 50 | $466 |
| Mupirocin | 46 | $364 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 40 | $271 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 54 | $243 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 49 | $198 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 47 | $198 |
| Methylprednisolone | 23 | $159 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $158 |
| Meloxicam | 25 | $146 |
| Ibuprofen | 36 | $128 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $42 |
| Amoxicillin | 14 | $18 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Covington
- Matthew WebbCovington$20K
- Christopher HarrodBaton Rouge$3M
- Vinod DasaKenner$1.9M
- Pierce NunleyShreveport$1.8M
- Jorge IsazaBaton Rouge$1.2M
- Neil MakiThibodaux$620K
- Robert ZuraNew Orleans$597K
- Kevin McCarthyBaton Rouge$594K
- Timmothy RandellAlexandria$498K
- Fernando SanchezNew Orleans$484K
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.