Laurie Katz, MD
Sports Medicine · Newton, MANPI 1497891030
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $4,309 of the $6,149 with a category attached, or 70.1%. Arthrex accounts for 68.2% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,506 and has fallen 99.2% since, to $19 in 2025.
Across 36 payments — averaging $170.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$4K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$128
- Smith+Nephew$72
- Vericel Corporation$62
- Bioventus LLC$49
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,16819%
- Food & beverage$67311%
- Education$4,30970%
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 | 21 | $4,195 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 5 | $1,643 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $128 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $72 |
| Vericel Corporation | 3 | $62 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $49 |
How this compares
$6,149 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 138 sports medicine providers in Massachusetts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $88 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Newton
- Robert NascimentoNewton$15K
- Timothy FosterNewton$3K
- Brian BusconiWorcester$684K
- Thomas WuerzWaltham$464K
- Elizabeth MatzkinBoston$182K
- Thomas GillDedham$168K
- Xinning LiBoston$109K
- Joseph CzarneckiWoburn$93K
- Sarav ShahBrighton$90K
- Miho TanakaBoston$89K
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.