Joshua Katz, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Memphis, TNNPI 1750393591
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (45.1%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 82.6% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,331 and has fallen 90.7% since, to $218 in 2025.
Across 25 payments — averaging $122.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$137
- Medtronic$131
- Teleflex LLC$54
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$51
- EMD Serono, Inc.$42
- plus $121 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$55218%
- Food & beverage$1,13437%
- Education$1,38745%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 14 | $2,536 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $131 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $54 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $51 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $32 |
| Novartis | 1 | $28 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,144
- STRATAFIX$137
- INTERSTIM ICON$131
How this compares
$3,072 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 31 colon & rectal surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naloxone Hcl | 21 | $1,148 |
| Cholestyramine LightCholestyramine | 16 | $898 |
| Lidocaine | 33 | $501 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 29 | $161 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 15 | $157 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $153 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 36 | $67 |
| Metronidazole | 14 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Memphis
- Justin MonroeMemphis$14K
- Paul JohnsonMemphis$4K
- Raymond StaniunasMemphis$4K
- Nathan HinkleMemphis$2K
- Aimal KhanNashville$35K
- Sree SuryadevaraNashville$24K
- William HarbNashville$8K
- Shannon McChesneyNashville$7K
- Terah IsaacsonCookeville$7K
- Gregory LowKnoxville$6K
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.