Robert Dugas, MD
Sports Medicine · Lincoln, NENPI 1700835881
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (44.5%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Conetic Solutions, Inc. at 41.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,559 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $29 in 2025.
Across 61 payments — averaging $86.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Conetic Solutions, Inc.$2K
- Arthrex$2K
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$236
- RSW Medical Company, Inc.$231
- Vericel Corporation$209
- Stryker$209
- plus $500 from 12 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $7750.00 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.
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$16K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$88317%
- Food & beverage$2,35844%
- Education$2,06139%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Conetic Solutions, Inc. | 19 | $2,214 |
| Arthrex | 9 | $1,703 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $236 |
| RSW Medical Company, Inc. | 3 | $231 |
| Vericel Corporation | 5 | $209 |
| Stryker | 3 | $209 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 4 | $102 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $85 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Biorez, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Amgen | 3 | $42 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $28 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 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.
- OMEGA$171
How this compares
$5,302 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 34 sports medicine providers in Nebraska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Etodolac | 30 | $904 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 24 | $164 |
| Meloxicam | 39 | $63 |
| Amoxicillin | 51 | $43 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Lincoln
- Justin HarrisLincoln$5K
- David ClareLincoln$5K
- Scott StrasburgerLincoln$300
- Justin MakovickaElkhorn$56K
- Justin GreinerOmaha$47K
- Matthew TingleOmaha$32K
- Jace HeidenOmaha$14K
- Stephen BrownElkhorn$8K
- Brett FischerFremont$8K
- Kimberly TurmanElkhorn$8K
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.