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Rick Gehlert, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1316952864

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (33.4%), travel and lodging and ownership interests — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Tyber Medical, LLC accounts for 70.1% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NM with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$46,280in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 121 payments — averaging $382.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Tyber Medical, LLC$32K
  • Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC$10K
  • Smith+Nephew$1K
  • Stryker$468
  • Globus Medical$424
  • Johnson & Johnson$402
  • plus $1K from 13 others
$32,600in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 11 payments — averaging $2963.64 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • BONE Support AB$33K
$156,640in ownership & investment interests, 2019–2025

Across 7 payments — averaging $22,377 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.

  • Tyber Medical, LLC$157K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$15,45533%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$7,82517%
  • Travel & lodging$9,49821%
  • Food & beverage$4,1609%
  • Ownership interest$9,34220%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Tyber Medical, LLC13$32,456
Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC12$10,002
Smith+Nephew28$1,220
Stryker8$468
Globus Medical4$424
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)13$402
Zimmer Biomet12$401
Bone Support Inc.3$291
Restor3d, Inc.1$147
Orthofix Medical, Inc.13$100
Biocomposites Inc2$69
Si-bone, Inc.3$65
Illuminoss Medical, Inc.1$62
Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.2$40
DJO, LLC2$34
Trimed, Inc.1$26
Baxter Healthcare1$25
Skeletal Dynamics Inc1$25
Axogen1$23

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.

How this compares

$46,280 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 107 orthopaedic surgery providers in New Mexico.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$73,392
Medicare patients
149
Services billed
231

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.

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