Nathan Huff, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Rio Rancho, NMNPI 1609307339
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (44.1%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 44.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $14,258 and has fallen 85.2% since, to $2,117 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NM 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 71 payments — averaging $319.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$10K
- Smith+Nephew$7K
- Zimmer Biomet$3K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$2K
- Stryker$309
- Medshape, Inc.$245
- plus $510 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1361%
- Grants$10,00044%
- Travel & lodging$1,9729%
- Food & beverage$2,58111%
- Education$7,99335%
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 | 1 | $10,000 |
| Smith+Nephew | 16 | $7,238 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 27 | $2,577 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 3 | $1,802 |
| Stryker | 9 | $309 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $245 |
| Avanos Medical | 6 | $182 |
| Embody, Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $71 |
| Alliance Medical | 3 | $65 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
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
$22,682 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 107 orthopaedic surgery providers in New Mexico.
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 | 96 | $1,264 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 107 | $1,081 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 95 | $873 |
| Gabapentin | 70 | $621 |
| Ibuprofen | 51 | $503 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 24 | $265 |
| Mupirocin | 18 | $216 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 20 | $95 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Rio Rancho
- Trevor CreanRio Rancho$15K
- Matthew MorinRio Rancho$5K
- Deana MercerAlbuquerque$901K
- Dan GuttmanTaos$530K
- David ChafeyAlbuquerque$108K
- Heather MenzerAlbuquerque$61K
- Ernesto Otero LopezAlbuquerque$50K
- Rick GehlertAlbuquerque$46K
- Jeffrey BeckenbaughAlbuquerque$46K
- Luciano RamiresTaos$24K
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.