Rocco Bassora, MD
Sports Medicine · Paramus, NJNPI 1689734154
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.0%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Seapearl East, Inc at 32.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,153 and has fallen 83.2% since, to $867 in 2025.
Across 72 payments — averaging $127.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Seapearl East, Inc$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$1K
- Arthrex$1K
- Stryker$355
- Smith+Nephew$220
- plus $912 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,86420%
- Food & beverage$4,12145%
- Education$3,17635%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Seapearl East, Inc | 6 | $2,977 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 30 | $2,191 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $1,264 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $1,240 |
| Stryker | 4 | $355 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $220 |
| Biorez, Inc. | 1 | $200 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $173 |
| Axogen | 3 | $117 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $107 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $78 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $45 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $32 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Abbott | 1 | $27 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $16 |
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.
- HemiCAP$1,222
- VAPR$401
- FMS$401
- MILAGRO$377
- DYNACORD$278
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$277
- RIGIDLOOP$264
- BioBrace 23mm$200
- BioBrace 5mm$200
- Meniscal Root Repair System$149
- ADAPT$144
- NA$133
- N/A$127
- Comprehensive Humeral$113
- SPEEDTRAP$109
How this compares
$9,161 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 221 sports medicine providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naproxen | 102 | $477 |
| Meloxicam | 92 | $180 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $158 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $103 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Paramus
- James RyanParamus$24K
- Raphael LongobardiParamus$16K
- V Christopher InzerilloParamus$6K
- Sean McMillanBurlington$1.8M
- Nicholas JarmonFreehold$277K
- Thomas YoumEnglewood$221K
- Stephen HuntCedar Knolls$76K
- David PorterHackensack$63K
- Francis AlbertaHackensack$61K
- Nathan HolmesSewell$56K
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.