John Babb, MD
Sports Medicine · Wichita, KSNPI 1427104926
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.2%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Encore Medical, LP at 28.4% of the total.
Across 72 payments — averaging $91.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Encore Medical, LP$2K
- Arthrex$2K
- Linvatec Corporation$2K
- Titan Surgical Group, LLC$539
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$404
- Zimmer Biomet$149
- plus $514 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,55054%
- Food & beverage$1,80328%
- Education$1,20018%
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 | 10 | $1,858 |
| Arthrex | 5 | $1,549 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 8 | $1,540 |
| Titan Surgical Group, LLC | 3 | $539 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 24 | $404 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $149 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $129 |
| Stryker | 2 | $103 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $86 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Vertex | 2 | $52 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $26 |
| Amgen | 2 | $26 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $20 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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
$6,552 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 56 sports medicine providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 72 | $132 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Wichita
- William MessamoreWichita$38K
- Phillip HaganWichita$2K
- Christopher MillerWichita$2K
- Paul ClelandWichita$1K
- Hayley JanssonWichita$1K
- Bradley BrunerWichita$875
- Andrew PorterWichita$44
- Kara CoxWichita$27
- Colin LisenbyWichita$25
- Kirk McCulloughLeawood$649K
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.