Joseph Farrell, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Lewes, DENPI 1831418912
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.3%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 61.5% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,504 and has fallen 92.2% since, to $195 in 2025.
Across 51 payments — averaging $166.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$5K
- Arthrex$2K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$257
- UOC USA Inc$212
- Linvatec Corporation$164
- Zimmer Biomet$123
- plus $262 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,62354%
- Food & beverage$1,91522%
- Education$1,97823%
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 | 32 | $5,236 |
| Arthrex | 5 | $2,263 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 2 | $257 |
| UOC USA Inc | 1 | $212 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $164 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $123 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $118 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
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.
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$4,084
- Journey II$2,843
- Tandem$1,875
- HIP7$1,123
- K-15 PORK$808
- Legion Revision$687
- JOURNEY$432
- TRIGEN InterTAN$302
- EVOS$279
- U2$212
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$164
- BioBrace 23mm$164
- Anthology$148
- EVOS MINI$136
- MemoFix Super Elastic Nitinol Staple System$136
- SPATIAL FRAME$136
- MAVERICK$136
- Legion$129
- POLARSTEM$129
- Robotics$123
How this compares
$8,516 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 70 orthopaedic surgery providers in Delaware.
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 | 357 | $7,678 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 208 | $1,007 |
| Meloxicam | 164 | $933 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 67 | $843 |
| Gabapentin | 44 | $617 |
| Amoxicillin | 546 | $609 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 39 | $521 |
| Mupirocin | 48 | $326 |
| Methylprednisolone | 44 | $280 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 94 | $179 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 35 | $100 |
| Prednisone | 19 | $66 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 12 | $52 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 11 | $47 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Lewes
- Patrick KaneLewes$68K
- Wilson ChoyLewes$29K
- Paul HarriottLewes$6K
- Gita PillaiLewes$6K
- Cameron YauLewes$808
- Ronald SabbaghLewes$503
- Edmund CarrollLewes$410
- Suken ShahWilmington$2.1M
- Jeremie AxeNewark$179K
- Andrew CurleySeaford$70K
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.