Lee Rubin, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · New Haven, CTNPI 1184807729
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $66,298 of the $71,591 with a category attached, or 92.6%. Medical Device Business Services, Inc. accounts for 71.9% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $28,760 and has fallen 96.0% since, to $1,161 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CT 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 67 payments — averaging $1068.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$51K
- Convatec Inc.$11K
- Innovative Medical Products, Inc.$8K
- Zimmer Biomet$961
- Johnson & Johnson$400
- Intellijoint Surgical Inc.$195
- plus $92 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$66,29893%
- Travel & lodging$2,4023%
- Food & beverage$2,8914%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 41 | $51,483 |
| Convatec Inc. | 4 | $10,960 |
| Innovative Medical Products, Inc. | 4 | $7,500 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 10 | $961 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $400 |
| Intellijoint Surgical Inc. | 1 | $195 |
| Stryker | 1 | $92 |
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.
- ACTIS$49,614
- PINNACLE$48,641
- CORAIL$48,641
- AQUACEL Ag Advantage Surgical$8,563
- AQUACEL Ag Surgical$2,398
- ENDURANCE$1,072
- ROSA$322
- ATTUNE$249
- Velys$239
- Intellijoint HIP$195
- OSS Orthopedic Salvage System$140
- TRUMATCH$115
- Kincise Surgical Automated System$114
How this compares
$71,591 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 273 orthopaedic surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $31 |
| Meloxicam | 27 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in New Haven
- Peter WhangNew Haven$1.8M
- David FrumbergNew Haven$288K
- Michael LeslieNew Haven$85K
- John FulkersonNew Haven$67K
- Kristaps KeggiNew Haven$52K
- Daniel WizniaNew Haven$44K
- Dominick TuasonNew Haven$40K
- Ilda MolloyNew Haven$37K
- Michael MedveckyNew Haven$33K
- Francis LeeNew Haven$33K
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.