Matthew Mendez-Zfass, MD
Sports Medicine · New York, NYNPI 1144462847
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — other (34.9%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 35.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $28,709 and has fallen 86.2% since, to $3,971 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in NY 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 235 payments — averaging $304.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$26K
- Globus Medical$9K
- Arthrex$9K
- Vericel Corporation$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$5K
- Stryker$4K
- plus $13K from 27 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $8782.19 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Zimmer Biomet$26K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,31324%
- Travel & lodging$9,57313%
- Food & beverage$15,10621%
- Education$4,6356%
- Other$24,97935%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 8 | $25,503 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 19 | $9,032 |
| Arthrex | 79 | $9,027 |
| Vericel Corporation | 5 | $6,343 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $5,351 |
| Stryker | 40 | $3,736 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 12 | $3,458 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $1,301 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 7 | $1,173 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 9 | $1,006 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $850 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 3 | $516 |
| Embody, Inc. | 2 | $490 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $454 |
| Acumed LLC | 3 | $327 |
| BD | 2 | $321 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $314 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $273 |
| Lifenet Health | 2 | $252 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $238 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $206 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $188 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $167 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $148 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $142 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $123 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $121 |
| Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Synthes USA Products LLC | 1 | $3 |
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.
- TAPESTRY$25,058
- Anthem$8,020
- MACI$6,330
- VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS$4,400
- CellerateRx$1,173
- PREVENA$850
- Bair Hugger Temperature Monitoring System (SpotOn)$850
- Bair Hugger Blankets$850
- RIGIDLOOP$614
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$611
- HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET$520
- DYNACORD$514
- GELSYN 3$454
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$451
- Novosorb BTM$361
- VARIAX$314
- MAKO$311
- MESA$305
- CMF$293
- ALPHAVENT$264
How this compares
$71,605 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 403 sports medicine providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 16 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in New York
- Gregory DifeliceNew York$1.8M
- Theodore BlaineNew York$765K
- Robert MeislinNew York$720K
- Danyal NawabiNew York$592K
- Riley WilliamsNew York$512K
- Bryan KellyNew York$409K
- Samuel TaylorNew York$255K
- Eric StraussNew York$241K
- Michael FuNew York$210K
- Michael AlaiaNew York$207K
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.