Paul Schwartz, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Redding, CANPI 1780796904
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (33.6%), royalties or licence payments and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 36.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $56,300 and has fallen 50.3% since, to $27,988 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CA 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 115 payments — averaging $1080.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$45K
- Shoulder Innovations, Inc.$31K
- Genesis Software Innovations, LLC$19K
- Steelhead Surgical Inc$13K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$11K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- plus $3K from 12 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $9682.97 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Genesis Software Innovations, LLC$48K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$30,21824%
- Consulting fees$23,28819%
- Speaking & faculty fees$41,75834%
- Travel & lodging$12,66610%
- Food & beverage$3,5583%
- Education$1,2141%
- Gifts$740%
- Ownership interest$11,4999%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 24 | $45,039 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 23 | $31,389 |
| Genesis Software Innovations, LLC | 6 | $19,054 |
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 7 | $12,513 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 15 | $10,964 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 24 | $2,323 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $2,000 |
| Stryker | 3 | $450 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $95 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $90 |
| Think Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Ascension Orthopedics, Inc. | 2 | $76 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $60 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Merck | 1 | $33 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $29 |
| Vertex | 1 | $24 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Navio Surgical System$31,226
- InSet System$31,019
- Journey II XR$18,288
- Journey II BCS$12,545
- JII Unicondylar Knee System$12,375
- Journey II CR$12,375
- Journey PFJ$12,375
- FREEDOM WRIST$10,585
- TITAN-SHOULDER$10,585
- External Fixation System$10,585
- REVERSE SHOULDER$10,125
- PYRO MCP$460
- ROSA-Knee$440
- NA$359
- NAVIO$359
- TSSM - TOTAL SHOULDER SYSTEM METAL$207
- Persona$203
- T-Fix$170
- PICO 7 Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy$170
- REDAPT Revision Hip System$170
How this compares
$124,273 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,808 orthopaedic surgery providers in California.
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 Hcl | 274 | $2,179 |
| Ibuprofen | 234 | $1,321 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 82 | $869 |
| Mupirocin | 111 | $505 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $105 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 27 | $57 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Redding
- David JonesRedding$440K
- 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).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.