Michael Hartman, MD
Sports Medicine · Kenner, LANPI 1023096948
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.3%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by ALON Medical Technology at 40.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,054 and has fallen 63.5% since, to $1,114 in 2025.
Across 77 payments — averaging $79.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ALON Medical Technology$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Arthrex$394
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$181
- Smith+Nephew$163
- Cartiheal (2009) LTD.$139
- plus $847 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3946%
- Food & beverage$3,25053%
- Education$2,44840%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ALON Medical Technology | 2 | $2,448 |
| Stryker | 43 | $1,922 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $394 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $181 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $163 |
| Cartiheal (2009) LTD. | 1 | $139 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 3 | $105 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $97 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $97 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 3 | $76 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $42 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $34 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $34 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- MAKO$335
- ALPHAVENT$275
- INSPACE$234
- Restrata Wound Matrix$161
- AGILI-C$139
- ICONIX$133
- STAR$132
- TRIATHLON$130
- INSIGNIA$130
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$107
How this compares
$6,093 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 82 sports medicine providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $171 |
| Methylprednisolone | 20 | $144 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $86 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Kenner
- Felix SavoieNew Orleans$1.4M
- Misty SuriNew Orleans$1.2M
- Michael ObrienNew Orleans$391K
- Brett CascioLake Charles$82K
- Brian GodshawNew Orleans$69K
- Andrew GottschalkJefferson$45K
- Michael LeddyAlexandria$44K
- Steven JonesHammond$38K
- Mario Lobao GoncalvesShreveport$32K
- Jeremy BurnhamBaton Rouge$31K
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.