Russell Tigges, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Poughkeepsie, NYNPI 1902839327
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (46.9%), travel and lodging and royalties or licence payments — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Heron Therapeutics, Inc. accounts for 76.2% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $48,918 and has fallen 85.9% since, to $6,898 in 2025.
Across 160 payments — averaging $874.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$107K
- Encore Medical, LP$32K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$679
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$199
- Stryker$126
- Johnson & Johnson$124
- plus $503 from 9 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $2910.19 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.
- Maxx Orthopedics, Inc.$3K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$26,03019%
- Consulting fees$12,8509%
- Speaking & faculty fees$65,55047%
- Travel & lodging$31,69323%
- Food & beverage$3,7823%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 112 | $106,560 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 20 | $31,714 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 7 | $679 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $199 |
| Stryker | 2 | $126 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $124 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $91 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 2 | $79 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $71 |
| Maxx Orthopedics, Inc. | 2 | $69 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $60 |
| Think Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $45 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Smith+Nephew | 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.
- DJO SURGICAL$104,784
- Zynrelef$104,475
- DJO Surgical 3DKnee System$2,155
- DJO Surgical Empowr Knee System$1,500
- DJO Surgical Exprt Revision Hip$1,500
- DJO Surgical TaperFill Hip System$1,500
- HTX-011$1,500
- APONVIE$800
- Iovera$501
- Zilretta$501
- CellerateRx$199
How this compares
$139,905 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 85 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in New York.
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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 | 907 | $2,625 |
| Mupirocin | 215 | $1,333 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 88 | $526 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 16 | $185 |
| Amoxicillin | 33 | $137 |
| Prednisone | 31 | $122 |
| Dexamethasone | 28 | $105 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 24 | $55 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 11 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Poughkeepsie
- Seth JerabekNew York$7.1M
- Jose RodriguezNew York$3.4M
- Friedrich BoettnerNew York$2.9M
- Jonathan VigdorchikNew York$2.3M
- William LongNew York$1.5M
- Peter SculcoNew York$1.5M
- Roshan ShahNew York$1.3M
- Herbert CooperNew York$1.3M
- Matthew AustinNew York$986K
- Patrick MeereNew York$191K
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.