John Franco, MD
Sports Medicine · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1073591509
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $4,622 of the $6,308 with a category attached, or 73.3%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 45.4% of the total.
Across 57 payments — averaging $110.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Alliance Medical$1K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$334
- Stryker$176
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$58
- plus $59 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,62273%
- Food & beverage$1,68627%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 30 | $2,864 |
| Alliance Medical | 7 | $1,487 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 7 | $1,330 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $334 |
| Stryker | 4 | $176 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Vertex | 1 | $34 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $25 |
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.
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$144
- CINCHLOCK SS$112
How this compares
$6,308 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 30 sports medicine providers in New Mexico.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 64 | $1,276 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 69 | $659 |
| Diclofenac Sodium ErDiclofenac Sodium | 18 | $581 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 42 | $221 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 29 | $217 |
| Cephalexin | 44 | $208 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 24 | $207 |
| Ibuprofen | 34 | $205 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 25 | $188 |
| Amoxicillin | 16 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Albuquerque
- Christopher ShultzAlbuquerque$54K
- Filip HolyAlbuquerque$38K
- Dustin RichterAlbuquerque$36K
- Douglas AllenAlbuquerque$6K
- Samuel TabetAlbuquerque$3K
- Olivia MorrisAlbuquerque$3K
- Arnold KiburzAlbuquerque$2K
- Shelby JarrellAlbuquerque$2K
- Kevin McGeeAlbuquerque$2K
- Daniel WascherAlbuquerque$2K
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.