Justin Friedman, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Dallas, TXNPI 1386940450
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,273 of the $8,542 with a category attached, or 85.1%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 59.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,286 and has fallen 68.4% since, to $722 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic trauma clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $14,950.
Across 186 payments — averaging $45.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$5K
- Conformis, Inc.$1K
- KCI USA, Inc.$436
- Smith+Nephew$318
- Stryker$272
- Acumed LLC$207
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4005%
- Travel & lodging$86910%
- Food & beverage$7,27385%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 120 | $5,038 |
| Conformis, Inc. | 10 | $1,115 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 3 | $436 |
| Smith+Nephew | 10 | $318 |
| Stryker | 7 | $272 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $207 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 5 | $184 |
| Axogen | 8 | $170 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Pylant Medical | 3 | $132 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $132 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $105 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $60 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $36 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $28 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Hip$992
- iTotal Identity PS$992
- NA$440
- PREVENA$400
- TFN ADVANCED$234
- CellerateRx$141
- SPEED$129
- Novosorb BTM$128
- VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS$125
- ACUMED$125
- EXPert Nail$125
- TRIGEN InterTAN$123
- CANNULATED SCREWS$123
- ARC$119
- VA-LCP$111
- HEADLESS COMPRESSION SCREWS$105
How this compares
$8,542 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 74 orthopaedic trauma providers in Texas.
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.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Dallas
- Edgar AraizaDallas$270K
- Adam StarrDallas$111K
- Ishvinder GrewalDallas$43K
- Niladri BasuDallas$15K
- David DromskyDallas$8K
- Danny HollandDallas$4K
- Cory CollingeFort Worth$2.8M
- John MunzHouston$1M
- Kyle DicksonHouston$975K
- Timothy AchorHouston$561K
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.