RxDoctor Payments Data

Samuel Dubrow, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery · Omaha, NENPI 1639349590

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $22,313 of the $34,236 with a category attached, or 65.2%. Arthrex accounts for 89.8% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $14,940 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $559 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NE with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$34,236in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 142 payments — averaging $241.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Arthrex$31K
  • Conetic Solutions, Inc.$1K
  • Encore Medical, LP$1K
  • Stryker$957
  • Johnson & Johnson$122
  • Catalyst Orthoscience$47
  • plus $88 from 4 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$22,31365%
  • Travel & lodging$6,88220%
  • Food & beverage$5,04115%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Arthrex100$30,751
Conetic Solutions, Inc.23$1,259
Encore Medical, LP3$1,013
Stryker10$957
Johnson & Johnson1$122
Catalyst Orthoscience1$47
RSW Medical Company, Inc.1$30
Smith+Nephew1$23
Si-bone, Inc.1$18
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.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.

How this compares

$34,236 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 155 orthopaedic surgery providers in Nebraska.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$239,582
Medicare patients
341
Services billed
4,199

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen45$532
Celecoxib22$415
Ibuprofen35$373
Cyclobenzaprine Hcl53$353
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen20$287
Oxycodone Hcl23$170
Tizanidine Hcl17$126
Tramadol Hcl20$95
Methylprednisolone14$86
Minocycline Hcl15$82
Meloxicam16$82
Cephalexin11$41

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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