Jose Vega, MD
Sports Medicine · Chicago, ILNPI 1255894556
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $39,395 of the $48,021 with a category attached, or 82.0%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 43.1% of the total.
Across 52 payments — averaging $923.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$21K
- Arthrex$20K
- Stryker$2K
- Encore Medical, LP$2K
- Exactech, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$503
- plus $2K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5003%
- Grants$39,39582%
- Travel & lodging$2,6065%
- Food & beverage$3,9478%
- Education$5731%
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 | 9 | $20,675 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $20,000 |
| Stryker | 16 | $2,470 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 2 | $1,603 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 3 | $1,071 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $503 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $421 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $336 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $173 |
| Bodycad USA Corp | 1 | $173 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Hydrocision, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Vericel Corporation | 3 | $91 |
| Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 1 | $20 |
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.
- DJO SURGICAL$4,603
- FAST-FIX$1,284
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$1,118
- EQUINOXE$1,057
- NOVOSTITCH$875
- TRUESPAN ORTHOCORD$254
- MILAGRO$254
- DYNACORD$254
- Accu-pass$237
- SPATIAL FRAME$237
- Q-FIX$237
- LIVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$173
- BioBrace 23mm$173
- Fine Osteotomy$173
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$160
- NA$157
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$157
- BRISTOW-LATARJET$146
- MITEK CRUCIATE+$145
- Miami J$124
How this compares
$48,021 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 233 sports medicine providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 45 | $370 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 40 | $121 |
| Meloxicam | 47 | $71 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Chicago
- Gregory NicholsonChicago$6.7M
- Grant GarriguesChicago$2.5M
- Brian ColeChicago$2.1M
- Brian ForsytheChicago$1.9M
- Nikhil VermaChicago$647K
- Shane NhoChicago$521K
- Vehniah TjongChicago$173K
- Aravind AthivirahamChicago$138K
- Adam YankeChicago$132K
- Nicholas TrasoliniChicago$67K
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.