Paul Phillips, MD
Sports Medicine · New Orleans, LANPI 1215290580
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $20,953 of the $25,660 with a category attached, or 81.7%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by ALON Medical Technology at 42.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $12,946 and has fallen 98.6% since, to $183 in 2025.
Across 103 payments — averaging $249.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ALON Medical Technology$11K
- Medinc Of Texas$6K
- Arthrex$6K
- Stryker$2K
- Smith+Nephew$636
- Intuitive Surgical$229
- plus $784 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,3699%
- Food & beverage$2,3399%
- Education$20,95382%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ALON Medical Technology | 9 | $10,867 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 5 | $5,933 |
| Arthrex | 21 | $5,681 |
| Stryker | 31 | $1,530 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $636 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $229 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $158 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 6 | $158 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $93 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $91 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $36 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- NA$609
- HEALICOIL PK Hip$248
- Hat-Trick$236
- INSPACE$234
- Da Vinci Surgical System$229
- Stimulan$158
- ALPHAVENT$133
- ICONIX$133
- PIVOT PORTAL ENTRY KIT$117
How this compares
$25,660 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 34 | $710 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in New Orleans
- Felix SavoieNew Orleans$1.4M
- Misty SuriNew Orleans$1.2M
- Michael ObrienNew Orleans$391K
- Brian GodshawNew Orleans$69K
- 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.