RxDoctor Payments Data

Jordan Liles

Sports Medicine · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1952764219

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — grants (45.3%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 52.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $33,602 and has fallen 98.3% since, to $563 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$50,759in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 125 payments — averaging $406.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Arthrex$26K
  • Smith+Nephew$13K
  • Impactortho, Inc.$4K
  • Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
  • Southtech Orthopedics$2K
  • Stryker$2K
  • plus $299 from 5 others

What the payments were for

  • Grants$22,98445%
  • Travel & lodging$4,4679%
  • Food & beverage$4,4349%
  • Education$18,87437%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Arthrex65$26,464
Smith+Nephew5$13,156
Impactortho, Inc.20$3,859
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.1$2,984
Southtech Orthopedics2$2,337
Stryker20$1,660
Vericel Corporation6$174
Zimmer Biomet2$43
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$40
Abbott1$24
Electronic Waveform Lab, 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

$50,759 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 152 sports medicine providers in Arizona.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$38,106
Medicare patients
80
Services billed
399

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Meloxicam12$26

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other sports medicine in Scottsdale

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