Michael Obrien, MD
Sports Medicine · New Orleans, LANPI 1104960657
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (50.6%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 74.8% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $95,027, 2.1 times the $44,403 reported in 2019. Among sports medicine clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 300 payments — averaging $1302.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$292K
- Exactech, Inc.$85K
- Stryker$10K
- ALON Medical Technology$1K
- Shoulder Innovations, Inc.$425
- Xiros Inc$398
- plus $1K from 16 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $3067.85 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.
- Stryker$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$197,58051%
- Speaking & faculty fees$153,27539%
- Travel & lodging$24,4826%
- Food & beverage$14,2384%
- Education$1,2080%
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 | 202 | $292,197 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 53 | $85,008 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 13 | $10,206 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 2 | $1,216 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $425 |
| Xiros Inc | 3 | $398 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 5 | $295 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $212 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 4 | $195 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $149 |
| Amgen | 1 | $121 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $68 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $65 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $54 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $31 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Abbott | 1 | $19 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $14 |
| Vertex | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Healicoil$101,286
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$87,117
- EQUINOXE$75,503
- Q-FIX$43,829
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$41,553
- Accu-pass$28,875
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$22,256
- Firstpass$20,600
- Biceptor$17,350
- TWINFIX$17,297
- AETOS Shoulder System$17,251
- LENS 4K$16,688
- Mini-Open Latarjet$15,699
- Arthro-Pierce$14,850
- Elite Premium Instruments$14,850
- MICRORAPTOR Knotless Anchor$14,400
- MICRORAPTOR Suture Anchor$14,400
- BIORAPTOR$10,511
- CAP-FIX$10,407
- R&D UPPER EXT$9,713
How this compares
$390,783 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 11 | $693 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 104 | $568 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 52 | $482 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 85 | $302 |
| Ibuprofen | 18 | $260 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 27 | $228 |
| Gabapentin | 36 | $209 |
| Celecoxib | 19 | $207 |
| Meloxicam | 54 | $144 |
| Naproxen | 13 | $128 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $106 |
| Prednisone | 25 | $51 |
| Diazepam | 17 | $48 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 12 | $40 |
| Amoxicillin | 15 | $11 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in New Orleans
- Felix SavoieNew Orleans$1.4M
- Misty SuriNew Orleans$1.2M
- Brian GodshawNew Orleans$69K
- Paul PhillipsNew Orleans$26K
- Wendell HeardNew Orleans$17K
- Russell RussoNew Orleans$16K
- Kelly HillNew Orleans$9K
- Scott MontgomeryNew Orleans$7K
- Brett CascioLake Charles$82K
- Andrew GottschalkJefferson$45K
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.