Question 1

Has Josue Acevedo, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $14,454 in general payments to Josue Acevedo, MD across 46 transactions between 2019–2025. Most Open Payments records nationally are meals worth under $20; a reported payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Question 2

Does a payment mean Josue Acevedo, MD did something wrong?

Accepted Answer

No. Federal law requires drug and device makers to report almost every transfer of value to a physician, including a $14 sandwich at a lunch presentation. Consulting fees, research funding and royalties to device inventors are ordinary, legal parts of medicine. This site reports what was disclosed; it makes no allegation.

Question 3

Where does this information about Josue Acevedo, MD come from?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Payments come from Open Payments, published under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Billing and prescribing figures come from the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners and Part D Prescriber public use files for 2024.

Company	Payments	Total
Elite Orthopedics, LLC	14	$7,641
Arthrex	26	$4,342
Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc.	2	$2,296
Johnson & Johnson	2	$135
Zimmer Biomet	1	$20
Vertex	1	$20

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen	16	$123
Tramadol Hcl	37	$68
Ibuprofen	14	$49
Meloxicam	17	$39

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