Lauren Fabian, MD
Sports Medicine · Fairfield, CTNPI 1437316007
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 49.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,564 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $15 in 2025.
Across 35 payments — averaging $88.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Arthrex$606
- Linvatec Corporation$295
- Polaris Technology Solutions LLC$267
- Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.$155
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$123
- plus $132 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,47147%
- Food & beverage$1,63553%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 12 | $1,528 |
| Arthrex | 10 | $606 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $295 |
| Polaris Technology Solutions LLC | 4 | $267 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $155 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $66 |
| Abbott | 2 | $34 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$620
- INSPACE$500
- BioBrace 23mm$295
- MAKO$141
- Zilretta$123
How this compares
$3,106 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 65 sports medicine providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 28 | $232 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $80 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 15 | $66 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $56 |
| Meloxicam | 32 | $50 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Fairfield
- Daniel WeilandFairfield$7K
- Rizwan AhmadFairfield$911
- Kristofer TupperFairfield$56
- Dina ElnaggarFairfield$49
- Augustus MazzoccaFarmington$1M
- Michael KaplanMiddlebury$385K
- Robert ArcieroFarmington$269K
- Karen SuttonStamford$245K
- Michael KuhnMiddletown$201K
- Katherine CoynerFarmington$186K
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.