Karim Meijer, MD
Sports Medicine · Dallas, TXNPI 1568788537
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (39.1%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 56.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $9,433 and has fallen 90.8% since, to $872 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 204 payments — averaging $186.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$21K
- Pylant Medical$7K
- ALON Medical Technology$5K
- Stryker$1K
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$331
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,90039%
- Speaking & faculty fees$750%
- Travel & lodging$6,61717%
- Food & beverage$5,44914%
- Education$11,04629%
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 | 102 | $21,479 |
| Pylant Medical | 13 | $7,397 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 11 | $4,858 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 18 | $1,475 |
| Smith+Nephew | 20 | $1,250 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $331 |
| Vericel Corporation | 5 | $232 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $192 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $145 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $140 |
| ERMI LLC | 2 | $83 |
| Linkbio Corp | 1 | $81 |
| Amgen | 4 | $74 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $72 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 3 | $67 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $17 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 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.
- SHOULDER SUTURE FIBERWIRE SPECIALTY$1,000
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$476
- SHOULDER SUTURE FIBERWIRE #2 FIBERWIRE$400
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$271
- Coblation$198
- Q-FIX$198
- ULTRABUTTON$198
- ALPHAVENT$164
- MACI$149
- BioBrace 23mm$145
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$142
- Durolane$141
- CROSSFIRE$137
- Iovera$125
- Zilretta$125
- BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM$122
- INSPACE$115
How this compares
$38,086 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 437 sports medicine 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 24 | $297 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $100 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $32 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Dallas
- Robert ScheinbergDallas$2.2M
- Kelechi OkorohaDallas$297K
- Todd MoenDallas$219K
- Robert DimeffDallas$106K
- Don BufordDallas$80K
- Daniel CooperDallas$74K
- Robert BurgmeierDallas$60K
- Mahmoud KhairDallas$59K
- Dheeraj YalamanchiliDallas$54K
- Mark MullerDallas$28K
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.