Robert Saltzman, MD
Sports Medicine · Owings Mills, MDNPI 1437184488
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 59 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 34.6% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for sports medicine clinicians in MD, where the typical reported total is $1,199.
Across 59 payments — averaging $28.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$580
- Johnson & Johnson$406
- Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.$140
- Globus Medical$131
- Vertex$76
- Smith+Nephew$46
- plus $296 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,675100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 15 | $580 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 12 | $406 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 10 | $140 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $131 |
| Vertex | 4 | $76 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $46 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $46 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $36 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 2 | $27 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- STRATAFIX$154
- VISTASEAL$154
- ETHICON$154
- CREO ONE Robotic Screw$131
- COALITION AGX / AGX RP$131
- CREO S2AI$131
- MARS 3V/3VL$131
How this compares
$1,675 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 111 sports medicine providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 449 | $1,752 |
| Methylprednisolone | 56 | $738 |
| Gabapentin | 36 | $361 |
| Ibuprofen | 27 | $174 |
| Naproxen | 17 | $164 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $83 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Owings Mills
- Garrett LynchAnnapolis$1.4M
- Raymond ThalBethesda$779K
- Jason ScoppSalisbury$637K
- John ChristoforettiBethesda$418K
- Jonas RudzkiChevy Chase$386K
- Matthew LevineFrederick$364K
- Abdulaziz AhmedBaltimore$85K
- Taylor WileySalisbury$53K
- Jason HammondBaltimore$45K
- Robert WaltzAnnapolis$43K
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.