Matthew Rae, MD
Sports Medicine · Easley, SCNPI 1033614649
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (52.2%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 52.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $32,806 and has fallen 95.5% since, to $1,487 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in SC 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 132 payments — averaging $317.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$22K
- Stryker$5K
- Smith+Nephew$4K
- FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc$3K
- Encore Medical, LP$3K
- Novus Surgical Solutions LLC$1K
- plus $3K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5004%
- Grants$21,87552%
- Travel & lodging$10,04124%
- Food & beverage$5,14712%
- Education$3,3758%
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 | 23 | $22,014 |
| Stryker | 47 | $4,682 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $3,971 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 2 | $3,406 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 6 | $3,171 |
| Novus Surgical Solutions LLC | 4 | $1,372 |
| Novus Surgical Consultants | 16 | $1,086 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 4 | $388 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $300 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $182 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 4 | $165 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $162 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $147 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $130 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $126 |
| Pylant Medical | 1 | $93 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $81 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $53 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $42 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $36 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- DJO SURGICAL$7,979
- SALVATION$1,620
- MAKO$1,525
- Catalyst CSR Shoulder System$162
- EQUINOXE$147
- Acutrak Headless Compression Screw System$147
- Forefoot/Midfoot Plating System$147
- TRIATHLON$147
- MOBILE BEARING HIP SYSTEM$147
- ACCOLADE$147
- TRITANIUM$147
- INSPACE$134
- Geminus$130
- Align$130
- IJS$130
- Implate$130
- UNID_PASS$126
- Persona$121
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$113
- ASNIS$104
How this compares
$41,938 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 158 sports medicine providers in South Carolina.
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 Hcl | 42 | $200 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Easley
- Silas HolmesColumbia$2.2M
- Stephan PillGreenville$688K
- Steven MartinSeneca$356K
- Stefan TolanGreenville$280K
- Michael KissenberthGreenville$172K
- Guillaume DumontWest Columbia$146K
- Douglas WylandSpartanburg$124K
- Jeffrey GuyColumbia$120K
- Harris SloneCharleston$72K
- Donovan JohnsonConway$56K
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.