Robert Friedman, MD
Sports Medicine · Bethlehem, PANPI 1790772499
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (55.2%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 55.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $910 and has fallen 87.3% since, to $116 in 2025.
Across 16 payments — averaging $98.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$873
- Linvatec Corporation$231
- Stryker$207
- Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.$94
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$93
- Novus Surgical Consultants$63
- plus $22 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$87355%
- Food & beverage$50332%
- Education$20713%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $873 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 3 | $231 |
| Stryker | 1 | $207 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 5 | $94 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $93 |
| Novus Surgical Consultants | 2 | $63 |
| Axogen | 1 | $22 |
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
$1,582 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 311 sports medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 79 | $1,793 |
| Meloxicam | 110 | $477 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 30 | $341 |
| Prednisone | 54 | $275 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 23 | $139 |
| Amoxicillin | 49 | $129 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 29 | $88 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Bethlehem
- Alexander JohnsonBethlehem$51K
- Rupam DasBethlehem$15K
- Nicholas SlenkerBethlehem$12K
- James SundayBethlehem$10K
- Marcos MartinezBethlehem$7K
- Wayne LuchettiBethlehem$6K
- Sam AkhavanPittsburgh$2.2M
- Albert LinPittsburgh$460K
- Sommer HammoudPhiladelphia$238K
- Theresa PazionisPhiladelphia$235K
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.