Samuel Tabet, MD
Sports Medicine · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1962480491
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (48.6%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 58.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,386, 2.8 times the $504 reported in 2019.
Across 33 payments — averaging $99.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$1K
- Organogenesis Inc.$151
- Smith+Nephew$132
- Arthrex$72
- Alliance Medical$13
Across 28 payments — averaging $6251.50 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.
- Zimmer Biomet$175K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,58448%
- Food & beverage$1,58949%
- Education$963%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 19 | $1,898 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 7 | $1,004 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $151 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $132 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $72 |
| Alliance Medical | 1 | $13 |
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
$3,270 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 30 sports medicine providers in New Mexico.
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.
Other sports medicine in Albuquerque
- Christopher ShultzAlbuquerque$54K
- Filip HolyAlbuquerque$38K
- Dustin RichterAlbuquerque$36K
- John FrancoAlbuquerque$6K
- Douglas AllenAlbuquerque$6K
- Olivia MorrisAlbuquerque$3K
- Arnold KiburzAlbuquerque$2K
- Shelby JarrellAlbuquerque$2K
- Kevin McGeeAlbuquerque$2K
- Daniel WascherAlbuquerque$2K
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.