Joseph Rabe
Orthopedic Surgery · Shaker Heights, OHNPI 1407241474
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $29,491 of the $35,953 with a category attached, or 82.0%. Smith+Nephew accounts for 61.0% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $17,989 and has fallen 95.7% since, to $777 in 2025. Among orthopedic surgery clinicians in OH 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 104 payments — averaging $345.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$22K
- Arthrex$9K
- Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc.$5K
- Pylant Medical$146
- Stryker$48
- Nexus Medical Technologies LLC$37
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,44512%
- Food & beverage$2,0186%
- Education$29,49182%
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 | 13 | $21,918 |
| Arthrex | 69 | $9,011 |
| Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. | 17 | $4,794 |
| Pylant Medical | 1 | $146 |
| Stryker | 2 | $48 |
| Nexus Medical Technologies LLC | 2 | $37 |
How this compares
$35,953 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 20 orthopedic surgery providers in Ohio.
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-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $129 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 15 | $66 |
| Meloxicam | 33 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopedic surgery in Shaker Heights
- Michael EbaughColumbus$27K
- Cameron CaniniColumbus$5K
- Michael KarnsCleveland$5K
- Bryan CurnutteToledo$4K
- Will BeuclerWarren$3K
- Robert LebBeachwood$2K
- Tim NiceWilloughby Hills$330
- Stephen HelperLyndhurst$122
- Patrick HergenroederChagrin Falls$85
- Bruce CohnBeachwood$56
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.