Paul Mead
Orthopaedic Surgery · Oakland, CANPI 1174954192
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $25,924 of the $36,415 with a category attached, or 71.2%. Medical Device Business Services, Inc. accounts for 77.7% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $22,689, more than ten times the $1,130 reported in 2019.
Across 91 payments — averaging $400.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$28K
- Zimmer Biomet$3K
- Exactech, Inc.$2K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$758
- Microport Orthopedics Inc$448
- plus $814 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$25,92471%
- Travel & lodging$6,10217%
- Food & beverage$4,38912%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 23 | $28,287 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 31 | $2,560 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 5 | $2,129 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 6 | $1,419 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $758 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 5 | $448 |
| Stryker | 4 | $276 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $164 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $125 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $90 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Amgen | 1 | $26 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Team_makena_llc | 1 | $20 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Velys$2,459
- TRULIANT$1,759
- ROSA$818
- AMIStem H Femoral Stems$699
- GMK Sphere Revision System$584
- Persona$514
- G7$415
- EQUINOXE$370
- MPO Hip System$316
- Avenir$276
- Persona Revision$229
- Iovera$140
- mymobility Platform$138
- Arcos$137
- SPHERIKA$136
- MAKO$128
- PALACOS$125
- ROSA-Knee$107
- Connected Health-MyMobility$107
How this compares
$36,415 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,808 orthopaedic surgery providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 34 | $308 |
| Celecoxib | 17 | $183 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $154 |
| Meloxicam | 13 | $80 |
| Amoxicillin | 13 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Oakland
- Stefano BiniOakland$3.2M
- Bradford HackArcadia$18.3M
- Robert GorabOrange$13.6M
- Kelly VinceLos Angeles$9.6M
- Stephen HowellSacramento$9.4M
- Thomas CoonRed Bluff$9.2M
- Nirav AminPlacentia$5.6M
- Tom NorrisSan Francisco$5.3M
- Jay LiebermanLos Angeles$4.8M
- Peter NewtonSan Diego$4.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.