Jorge Chahla, MD
Sports Medicine · Munster, INNPI 1750891636
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (49.1%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 92.1% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $271,558, 3.1 times the $88,861 reported in 2019. Among sports medicine clinicians in IN 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 597 payments — averaging $1535.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$844K
- Arthrex$25K
- Linvatec Corporation$21K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$7K
- Synthes GmbH$7K
- Medwest Associates$4K
- plus $8K from 13 others
Across 16 payments — averaging $9250.31 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Smith+Nephew$117K
- Arthrex$31K
Across 1 payment — averaging $13,740 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Overture Orthopaedics$14K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$314,72934%
- Speaking & faculty fees$449,84949%
- Grants$20,0002%
- Travel & lodging$97,38311%
- Food & beverage$18,7482%
- Education$16,1552%
- Entertainment$190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 474 | $844,174 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $24,628 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 25 | $20,976 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 3 | $7,438 |
| Synthes GmbH | 7 | $7,310 |
| Medwest Associates | 8 | $4,334 |
| Stryker | 23 | $2,076 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 15 | $1,672 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 5 | $1,590 |
| Vericel Corporation | 5 | $919 |
| Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc. | 4 | $693 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 2 | $545 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $243 |
| BREG, Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Omnilife Science, Inc | 2 | $40 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $31 |
| Overture Orthopaedics | 1 | $19 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- SPATIAL FRAME$240,003
- Q-FIX$138,210
- Biosure$121,028
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$116,033
- NOVOSTITCH$89,209
- Healicoil$80,041
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$67,667
- CAP-FIX$61,159
- NOVOSTITCH PRO$41,883
- Acufex$39,801
- Fast-Fix 360$39,648
- MICRORAPTOR$34,299
- GTS System$32,200
- FAST-FIX$31,421
- ULTRABUTTON$31,133
- Meniscal Root Repair System$29,143
- BIOSURE REGENESORB$27,658
- TRUNAV$25,441
- FIRSTPASS MINI$23,866
- Endobutton$21,962
How this compares
$916,884 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 156 sports medicine providers in Indiana.
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 | 204 | $471 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $120 |
| Methylprednisolone | 18 | $96 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Munster
- Nikhil PandhiMunster$20K
- Omar PerezMunster$11K
- Jeffrey StaronMunster$3K
- Sean CallowayGreenwood$130K
- Ryan NixonGreenwood$62K
- Tyler McCarrollCarmel$60K
- Nedal AlkhatibIndianapolis$51K
- Stephen ShivelyGreenfield$51K
- Dale SneadCarmel$45K
- Gregory FoxBloomington$37K
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.