Robert Harris, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Johnson City, TNNPI 1134126378
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $164,075 of the $176,930 with a category attached, or 92.7%. Next Science LLC accounts for 88.5% of it on its own, with 31 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $77,052 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $322 in 2025. Among orthopaedic trauma clinicians in TN 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.
Across 118 payments — averaging $1499.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Next Science LLC$157K
- Citieffe, Inc.$14K
- Acumed LLC$2K
- CGG Medical Inc$1K
- Cerapedics Inc.$800
- My01 Inc.$600
- plus $2K from 26 others
Across 43 payments — averaging $2459.55 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.
- Next Science LLC$98K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$164,07593%
- Travel & lodging$6,9724%
- Food & beverage$4,8963%
- Education$9871%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Next Science LLC | 35 | $156,612 |
| Citieffe, Inc. | 7 | $13,635 |
| Acumed LLC | 9 | $2,300 |
| CGG Medical Inc | 2 | $1,024 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $800 |
| My01 Inc. | 6 | $600 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $336 |
| Stryker | 7 | $268 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 4 | $140 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $122 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $115 |
| Prosidyan, Inc | 1 | $102 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $98 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $92 |
| Amgen | 4 | $90 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $69 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $67 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 3 | $60 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $44 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $24 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Osteomed LLC | 1 | $18 |
| GSK | 1 | $17 |
| AbbVie | 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.
- SurgX$155,997
- Xperience$141,497
- ACUMED$5,079
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$800
- MY01 Continuous Compartmental Pressure Monitor$463
- BlastX$283
- MACI$122
- Fibergraft BG Matrix$102
How this compares
$176,930 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 27 orthopaedic trauma providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $75 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Johnson City
- Ross SmithJohnson City$4K
- Jeffery MartinJohnson City$594
- Daniel KrenkJohnson City$569
- Tania FergusonNashville$155K
- Bryce CunninghamChattanooga$55K
- Phillip MitchellNashville$32K
- Katherine BuesserNashville$30K
- Jason EvansNashville$28K
- Erin HoferNashville$25K
- William ObremskeyNashville$14K
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.