Marc Philippon
Orthopaedic Surgery · Vail, CONPI 1376582486
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (51.9%), royalties or licence payments and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 85.7% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CO 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 63 payments — averaging $3118.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$168K
- Linvatec Corporation$27K
- Synthes GmbH$675
- Hydrocision, Inc.$120
Across 14 payments — averaging $21,920 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.
- Arthrex$193K
- Smith+Nephew$114K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$70,45336%
- Consulting fees$21,54411%
- Speaking & faculty fees$102,04352%
- Travel & lodging$2770%
- Food & beverage$2,1341%
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 | 44 | $168,437 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 16 | $27,219 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $675 |
| Hydrocision, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
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.
- CAP-FIX$76,723
- Q-FIX$55,856
- MICRORAPTOR$51,134
- Healicoil$50,665
- Accu-pass$25,013
- BIORAPTOR$25,013
- Crosstrac$25,013
- Firstpass$25,013
- ACCUPASS DIRECT Crescent XL$24,373
- CONMED HANDHELD INSTRUMENTS$15,318
- HPS PRE-BENT BURS$11,901
- Q-FIX Hip$11,648
- LENS 4K$11,500
- INTELLIO$11,500
- Q-Fix Mini$11,500
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$5,530
- Bioraptor Knotless$4,980
- Osteoraptor$4,980
- Suturefix$4,980
- Elite Hip Instruments$3,320
How this compares
$196,451 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 383 orthopaedic surgery providers in Colorado.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Vail
- Joel MattaVail$21M
- Andrew GeeslinVail$211K
- Craig HaytmanekVail$182K
- Jonathan GodinVail$102K
- Matthew VopatVail$50K
- John ApostolakosVail$48K
- Joseph RuzbarskyVail$45K
- Richard AmendolaVail$39K
- Douglas DennisDenver$16.8M
- Brian HaasDenver$5.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.