John-Erik Bell, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Lebanon, NHNPI 1326084591
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $478,448 of the $528,222 with a category attached, or 90.6%. Medacta USA, Inc. accounts for 87.2% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $182,862, more than ten times the $30 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NH 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 290 payments — averaging $1821.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medacta USA, Inc.$460K
- Zimmer Biomet$56K
- Encore Medical, LP$11K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$1K
- Powerlink AI, Inc.$124
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$7,7121%
- Consulting fees$478,44891%
- Travel & lodging$34,3717%
- Food & beverage$6,4921%
- Education$1,2000%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 202 | $460,432 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 80 | $55,830 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 5 | $10,592 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 2 | $1,244 |
| Powerlink AI, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
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.
- PRIMARY SHOULDER$260,932
- Shoulder System$139,568
- NEXTAR$11,700
- AMISTEM$4,889
- NextAR Shoulder$4,854
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Reverse$4,095
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$4,095
- NextAR TSA Platform$3,290
- DJO SURGICAL$2,340
- AMIStem H Femoral Stems$2,143
- GMK SPHERE$1,736
- NextAR Knee$262
- REVERSE SHOULDER$261
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$167
- TAPESTRY$136
- MYSPINE$101
How this compares
$528,222 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 141 orthopaedic surgery providers in New Hampshire.
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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Lebanon
- Alexander OremLebanon$215K
- Philip WolinskyLebanon$110K
- Ida GitajnLebanon$107K
- Stella LeeLebanon$106K
- Eric HendersonLebanon$61K
- Anna MillerLebanon$34K
- Leonard RudolfLebanon$29K
- Michael SparksLebanon$26K
- Gerard ChangLebanon$23K
- Frances FaroLebanon$19K
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.