Joshua Vaughn, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · South Portland, MENPI 1417240508
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (39.3%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 43.2% of the total.
Across 138 payments — averaging $268.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$16K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$6K
- Stryker$5K
- Restor3d, Inc.$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- plus $4K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,75037%
- Travel & lodging$14,53739%
- Food & beverage$5,91916%
- Education$2,7918%
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 | 26 | $15,996 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 29 | $5,552 |
| Stryker | 28 | $5,268 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 3 | $2,709 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 23 | $2,216 |
| Smith+Nephew | 11 | $1,754 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 7 | $1,683 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 3 | $1,553 |
| Powerlink AI, Inc. | 2 | $93 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $86 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $42 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| GSK | 1 | $21 |
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.
- ANCHORAGE$3,460
- DynaNail Helix, Washer, 15 mm$1,352
- EVOS$1,334
- SPATIAL FRAME$1,334
- Arsenal Ankle 10 Hole 1/3 Tubular Plate$935
- Trabecular Metal (TM)$928
- Minimally Invasive Bunion Plate, Left$618
- Taylor Spatial Frame$512
- AXSOS$478
- STAR$391
- MAVERICK$271
- SMART TSF$146
- DynaNail Mini$145
- Conquest FN$125
- A.L.P.S.$111
How this compares
$36,997 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 111 orthopaedic surgery providers in Maine.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydroxyzine Hcl | 27 | $208 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 17 | $155 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 14 | $123 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $48 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in South Portland
- Joseph KahanSouth Portland$51K
- Jonathan WatlingSouth Portland$6K
- Ross FellerSouth Portland$3K
- George BabikianFalmouth$446K
- Nicholas ColacchioFalmouth$439K
- Adam RanaFalmouth$330K
- John HerzogFalmouth$258K
- Matthew CamusoPortland$120K
- Ian DickeyFarmington$75K
- Daniel ShubertAugusta$64K
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.