Joshua Frank, MD
Sports Medicine · Norwalk, CTNPI 1598898843
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $72,199 of the $77,970 with a category attached, or 92.6%. Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. accounts for 92.6% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $28,082 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $497 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in CT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 94 payments — averaging $829.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$72K
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$1K
- Arthrex$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$916
- Vericel Corporation$711
- Stryker$463
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$72,19993%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5501%
- Travel & lodging$8361%
- Food & beverage$3,1854%
- Education$1,2002%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 12 | $72,199 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 4 | $1,337 |
| Arthrex | 20 | $1,254 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 22 | $916 |
| Vericel Corporation | 6 | $711 |
| Stryker | 9 | $463 |
| Polaris Technology Solutions LLC | 3 | $365 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $249 |
| Bioventus LLC | 7 | $165 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Vertex | 1 | $17 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- GRYPHON$50,111
- Gryphon Orthocord$22,206
- MACI$550
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$374
- VAPR$257
- FMS$228
- MOTIONSENSE DIGITAL GONIOMETER$133
- Zilretta$123
- HEALIX$122
- TRUESPAN$122
- VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS$122
- ATTUNE$122
- ORTHOCORD$118
- RIGIDLOOP$111
How this compares
$77,970 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 65 sports medicine providers in Connecticut.
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 | 226 | $668 |
| Methylprednisolone | 91 | $655 |
| Celecoxib | 16 | $224 |
| Prednisone | 49 | $185 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | $104 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 27 | $93 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Norwalk
- Michael MarchettiNorwalk$504
- Augustus MazzoccaFarmington$1M
- Michael KaplanMiddlebury$385K
- Robert ArcieroFarmington$269K
- Karen SuttonStamford$245K
- Michael KuhnMiddletown$201K
- Katherine CoynerFarmington$186K
- Michael JoyceGlastonbury$73K
- Andrew JimenezNew Haven$66K
- Jordan GruskayBranford$47K
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.