Peter Nowotarski
Chattanooga, TNNPI 1619953783
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $506,563 of the $508,951 with a category attached, or 99.5%. Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. accounts for 99.5% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $117,291, 2.9 times the $40,996 reported in 2019.
Across 65 payments — averaging $7830.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$507K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$281
- Smith+Nephew$162
- Radius Health, Inc.$60
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$47
- plus $169 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$506,563100%
- Travel & lodging$1,2790%
- Food & beverage$1,1080%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 28 | $506,563 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $1,670 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $281 |
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $162 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $47 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $32 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $27 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $26 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Axogen | 1 | $24 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 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.
- EXPert Nail$403,201
- EX NAILS$103,362
- TFN ADVANCED$1,401
- MULTILOC HUMERAL NAIL$1,032
- VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS$116
- VA-LCP$102
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.