Joseph Gil, MD
Hand Surgery · East Providence, RINPI 1699035634
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (38.5%), education and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 51.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,658 and has fallen 95.2% since, to $222 in 2025.
Across 43 payments — averaging $158.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$4K
- Acumed LLC$769
- Synthes GmbH$750
- Zimmer Biomet$465
- Gemini Medical LLC$349
- Trimed, Inc.$327
- plus $642 from 7 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $28,000 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.
- Sonex Health, Inc.$28K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$75011%
- Grants$91613%
- Travel & lodging$1142%
- Food & beverage$2,61938%
- Education$2,39735%
- Entertainment$100%
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 | 13 | $3,505 |
| Acumed LLC | 8 | $769 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $750 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $465 |
| Gemini Medical LLC | 4 | $349 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 4 | $327 |
| Axogen | 2 | $172 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 1 | $138 |
| Abbott | 1 | $118 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $50 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $38 |
| Stryker | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ACUMED$1,032
- Affixus$150
- A.L.P.S.$144
- Acu-Loc Wrist Plating System$144
- Total Wrist Fusion Plating System$144
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$128
- INnate Implant$125
- PROCLAIM$118
- XIAFLEX$111
- InFrame Implant$106
How this compares
Too few hand surgery providers in Rhode Islandto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 85 | $708 |
| Gabapentin | 24 | $322 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 130 | $312 |
| Meloxicam | 112 | $297 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $247 |
| Ibuprofen | 12 | $81 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in East Providence
- Arnold-Peter WeissProvidence$568K
- Edward AkelmanProvidence$24K
- Anthony DeluiseProvidence$7K
- Travis BloodWarwick$6K
- Matthew AkelmanCranston$5K
- Andrew MatsonWarwick$4K
- Julia KatarincicProvidence$2K
- Eric WalshProvidence$565
- Manuel DasilvaE Greenwich$429
- Joseph IzziProvidence$149
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.