Kristofer Jones
Sports Medicine · Los Angeles, CANPI 1205093895
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (47.6%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Linvatec Corporation at 34.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $23,396 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $518 in 2025.
Across 92 payments — averaging $423.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Linvatec Corporation$13K
- Arthrex$11K
- Vericel Corporation$6K
- Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc.$3K
- Micromed Inc$2K
- Saxum Surgical, Inc.$2K
- plus $2K from 10 others
Across 46 payments — averaging $12,138 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.
- Aesculap Biologics, LLC$390K
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$100K
- Zimmer Biomet$68K
Across 1 payment — averaging $7615.68 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Overture Orthopaedics$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,75022%
- Speaking & faculty fees$18,55048%
- Travel & lodging$5,36214%
- Food & beverage$2,9808%
- Education$3,2988%
- Entertainment$190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Linvatec Corporation | 15 | $13,411 |
| Arthrex | 33 | $10,707 |
| Vericel Corporation | 8 | $6,262 |
| Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc. | 4 | $2,734 |
| Micromed Inc | 2 | $2,178 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 4 | $1,851 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $610 |
| Overture Orthopaedics | 4 | $518 |
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 2 | $197 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Stryker | 2 | $88 |
| Team_makena_llc | 1 | $85 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $68 |
| Aesculap Biologics, LLC | 1 | $37 |
| Cartiheal (2009) LTD. | 1 | $36 |
| Kinamed, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
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.
- LINVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$11,775
- MACI$6,050
- KNEE BIOLOGICS$1,323
- OVERTURETI$482
- TRUESPAN$334
- HEALIX$209
- TACTOSET$149
- LIVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$140
- MILAGRO$125
- MONOVISC$106
How this compares
$38,958 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 662 sports medicine providers in California.
Other sports medicine in Los Angeles
- Neal ElattracheLos Angeles$51M
- Carleton VangsnessLos Angeles$872K
- Michael BanffyLos Angeles$578K
- Seth GamradtLos Angeles$567K
- Reza OmidLos Angeles$400K
- Orr LimpisvastiLos Angeles$335K
- George HatchLos Angeles$255K
- David McAllisterLos Angeles$186K
- Alexander WeberLos Angeles$82K
- James TiboneLos Angeles$74K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.