Scott Daffner, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Morgantown, WVNPI 1356540249
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (44.1%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bioventus LLC at 51.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $34,953 and has fallen 66.7% since, to $11,637 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in WV 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 97 payments — averaging $1052.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bioventus LLC$53K
- Synthes GmbH$47K
- Medtronic$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$127
- Si-bone, Inc.$23
Across 71 payments — averaging $1745.61 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.
- Medtronic$64K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$26K
- Pfizer$18K
- Bioventus LLC$16K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$35,17534%
- Speaking & faculty fees$45,00044%
- Travel & lodging$19,70719%
- Food & beverage$2,2252%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bioventus LLC | 29 | $52,713 |
| Synthes GmbH | 58 | $47,272 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $1,972 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $127 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
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.
- OsteoAMP$23,336
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$1,815
- Other$307
- Velys$112
How this compares
$102,106 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 93 orthopaedic surgery providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 13 | $190 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $40 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Morgantown
- Benjamin FryeMorgantown$329K
- Gregory PurnellMorgantown$65K
- Matthew DietzMorgantown$60K
- Elias JosephMorgantown$6K
- Chad MicucciMorgantown$5K
- Jacob ConjeskiMorgantown$4K
- Andrew ParsonsMorgantown$3K
- David TagerMorgantown$2K
- Nick ZervosMorgantown$2K
- Chad LavenderCharleston$312K
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.