Samir Sharma, MD
Sports Medicine · Los Gatos, CANPI 1508966508
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $856,458 of the $860,093 with a category attached, or 99.6%. Smith+Nephew accounts for 99.6% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $194,934, 2.1 times the $91,598 reported in 2019. Among sports medicine clinicians in CA 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 66 payments — averaging $13,032 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$856K
- Microport Orthopedics Inc$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$807
- Zimmer Biomet$521
- Johnson & Johnson$406
- Stryker$168
- plus $309 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$856,458100%
- Travel & lodging$1,4940%
- Food & beverage$2,1410%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 29 | $856,490 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 12 | $1,392 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $807 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $521 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $406 |
| Stryker | 1 | $168 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $124 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $15 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Q-FIX$697,011
- Q-FIX Hip$206,444
- MPO Medial Pivot Knee$754
- HEALIX$712
- TRUESPAN$712
- MPO Hip System$373
- Oxford$364
- NA$168
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$124
- Zynrelef$124
- AccuFill$107
How this compares
$860,093 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 662 sports medicine providers in California.
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 | 37 | $325 |
| Ibuprofen | 19 | $189 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $145 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Los Gatos
- Nathaniel CohenLos Gatos$6.4M
- Neal ElattracheLos Angeles$51M
- Thomas KnappSanta Monica$2.5M
- Michael FreehillStanford$1.6M
- Allan MishraMenlo Park$1.5M
- Heinz Hoeneckela Jolla$1.4M
- Seth ShermanStanford$1.1M
- Stephan YacoubianBurbank$1M
- Stephen Snydervan Nuys$922K
- Deryk JonesSan Carlos$915K
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.