Paul Caldwell, MD
Sports Medicine · Richmond, VANPI 1457304784
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (49.6%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 81.1% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among sports medicine clinicians in VA 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 347 payments — averaging $422.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$119K
- Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc.$12K
- Vericel Corporation$7K
- Fortis Surgical, LLC$6K
- Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc.$750
- Amgen$613
- plus $730 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$48,28033%
- Speaking & faculty fees$72,74250%
- Travel & lodging$17,51612%
- Food & beverage$5,4984%
- Education$2,6732%
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 | 202 | $118,982 |
| Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc. | 4 | $12,100 |
| Vericel Corporation | 9 | $7,480 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 56 | $6,053 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 1 | $750 |
| Amgen | 55 | $613 |
| Aesculap Biologics, LLC | 3 | $287 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $151 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $80 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $74 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $49 |
| Vertex | 2 | $44 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $32 |
| Stryker | 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.
- MACI$7,350
- BIOLOGICS CONSUMABLES AUTOLOGOUS FAT PRODUCTS ADIPOSE$7,140
- NEXO-GIDE$750
- NOVOCART 3D$269
How this compares
$146,708 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 171 sports medicine providers in Virginia.
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-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 42 | $336 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 33 | $293 |
| Ibuprofen | 23 | $287 |
| Methylprednisolone | 27 | $153 |
| Meloxicam | 69 | $127 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 21 | $56 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Richmond
- William NordtRichmond$2.6M
- Kenneth ZaslavRichmond$819K
- William BeachRichmond$166K
- Marion HerringRichmond$56K
- Omar ProtzukRichmond$40K
- Teresa CamdenRichmond$25K
- Dustin DyerRichmond$7K
- David DiduchCharlottesville$3.8M
- Thorp DavisMechanicsville$3M
- Stephen BrockmeierCharlottesville$2.6M
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.