Kenneth Zaslav, MD
Sports Medicine · Richmond, VANPI 1144296336
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — other (53.7%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 61.2% of it on its own, with 24 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $487,662 and has fallen 95.1% since, to $23,690 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in VA 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 129 payments — averaging $6352.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$501K
- Stryker$284K
- Bioventus LLC$14K
- Arcuro Medical Inc$6K
- Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc.$5K
- GRT US Holding, Inc.$2K
- plus $7K from 19 others
Across 22 payments — averaging $5691.97 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.
- Novartis$89K
- Zimmer Biomet$34K
- Aesculap Biologics, LLC$3K
Across 5 payments — averaging $11,251 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Lazurite Inc.$56K
- Cartiheal (2009) LTD.$0
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$41,8785%
- Speaking & faculty fees$319,67239%
- Travel & lodging$5,5631%
- Food & beverage$9,8551%
- Education$2,4000%
- Entertainment$810%
- Other$440,02054%
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 | 59 | $501,391 |
| Stryker | 2 | $284,327 |
| Bioventus LLC | 19 | $13,739 |
| Arcuro Medical Inc | 6 | $5,601 |
| Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc. | 1 | $5,000 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $2,250 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 4 | $1,530 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $1,417 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 6 | $1,018 |
| Vericel Corporation | 4 | $610 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $532 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $504 |
| Aesculap Biologics, LLC | 3 | $285 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $172 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $143 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $125 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $122 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 1 | $111 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $109 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Cartiheal (2009) LTD. | 1 | $64 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Heraeus Medical, 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.
- NONE$284,222
- SUPERBALL$5,524
- TC-100$614
- MACI$550
- GraftLink$504
- LIVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$456
- AGILI-C$318
- Other$314
- LINVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$298
- LINVATEC EXTREMITIES$298
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$298
- LINVATEC HIP PRESERVATION SYSTEM$298
- ALLOGRAFT TISSUE$285
- Apligraf$282
- PuraPly$250
- Qutenza$150
- NOVOCART 3D$150
- ACTIFUSE$125
- VARIAX$105
- VITOSS$105
How this compares
$819,469 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 171 sports medicine providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 178 | $387 |
| Methylprednisolone | 38 | $226 |
| Celecoxib | 14 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Richmond
- William NordtRichmond$2.6M
- William BeachRichmond$166K
- Paul CaldwellRichmond$147K
- Marion HerringRichmond$56K
- Omar ProtzukRichmond$40K
- Teresa CamdenRichmond$25K
- Dustin DyerRichmond$7K
- David DiduchCharlottesville$3.8M
- Thorp DavisMechanicsville$3M
- Stephen BrockmeierCharlottesville$2.6M
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.