Justin Saliman
Orthopaedic Surgery · Los Angeles, CANPI 1346250107
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $640,127 of the $911,829 with a category attached, or 70.2%. Smith+Nephew accounts for 99.5% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $274,805 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $549 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 60 payments — averaging $15,197 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$907K
- Intravu Inc.$4K
- Zimmer Biomet$156
- Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.$144
- Innovation Technologies Inc$120
- Vertex$63
- plus $89 from 2 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $36,100 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Smith+Nephew$36K
Across 1 payment — averaging $7.50 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Moximed, Inc$8
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,5251%
- Speaking & faculty fees$256,00328%
- Travel & lodging$4,3130%
- Food & beverage$1,8610%
- Other$640,12770%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 49 | $906,857 |
| Intravu Inc. | 1 | $4,400 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $156 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $120 |
| Vertex | 2 | $63 |
| Moximed, Inc | 2 | $51 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $37 |
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.
- NOVOSTITCH$591,981
- NOVOSTITCH PRO$287,897
- Coblation Wands$4,123
- Meniscus Mender II$2,750
- Ultra Fast-Fix$2,750
- Meniscal Stitcher Set$2,750
- Meniscal Root Repair System$2,750
- FAST-FIX$2,364
- EVOS$1,410
- Firstpass$1,232
- ACUFEX Meniscal Root Repair$1,232
- PROCISE Tonsil$1,129
- HEALICOIL PK Hip$1,129
- DERMAL WOUND$1,129
- Journey II$1,129
- INTEllIO LINK WEREWOLF$248
- Dyonics Platinum$144
- Endobutton$144
- FIRSTPASS MINI$144
- FLOW 50/90$144
How this compares
$911,829 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,808 orthopaedic surgery providers in California.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Los Angeles
- Kelly VinceLos Angeles$9.6M
- Jay LiebermanLos Angeles$4.8M
- Thomas SchmalzriedLos Angeles$4M
- David SkaggsLos Angeles$2.6M
- David ThordarsonLos Angeles$2.5M
- Edward McPhersonLos Angeles$1.2M
- Daniel AllisonLos Angeles$1.1M
- Charles MoonLos Angeles$760K
- Andrew SpitzerLos Angeles$738K
- Yashar JavidanLos Angeles$685K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.