RxDoctor Payments Data

Michelle Palmiero, MD

Sports Medicine · Grand Forks, NDNPI 1376047936

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by grants: $22,500 of the $33,692 with a category attached, or 66.8%. Arthrex accounts for 70.8% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $24,395 and has fallen 89.1% since, to $2,670 in 2025.

$33,692in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 80 payments — averaging $421.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Arthrex$24K
  • Smith+Nephew$8K
  • Sioux Surgical Inc$2K
  • Vericel Corporation$124
  • Stryker$73

What the payments were for

  • Grants$22,50067%
  • Travel & lodging$5,55816%
  • Food & beverage$2,9789%
  • Education$2,6578%

General payments by program year

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25

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Arthrex41$23,862
Smith+Nephew23$7,909
Sioux Surgical Inc13$1,724
Vericel Corporation1$124
Stryker2$73

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.

How this compares

Too few sports medicine providers in North Dakotato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.

Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$8,714
Medicare patients
40
Services billed
66

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.

Other sports medicine in Grand Forks

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