Steven Bokshan, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Providence, RINPI 1821476607
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (39.3%), consulting fees and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 24.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $50,375 and has fallen 68.3% since, to $15,969 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in RI 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.
Across 150 payments — averaging $866.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$31K
- Arthrex$25K
- Zimmer Biomet$18K
- Southtech Orthopedics$17K
- Exactech, Inc.$16K
- Lima USA, Inc.$10K
- plus $13K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,39320%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,8751%
- Grants$23,75018%
- Travel & lodging$21,49617%
- Food & beverage$5,4174%
- Education$51,05039%
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 | 16 | $31,497 |
| Arthrex | 16 | $25,174 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 36 | $18,221 |
| Southtech Orthopedics | 14 | $16,800 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 9 | $15,711 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $10,015 |
| DJO, LLC | 4 | $3,750 |
| Piedmont Plus Innovation | 19 | $3,097 |
| Stryker | 21 | $2,507 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $1,908 |
| Limacorporate S.p.a. | 1 | $643 |
| Amgen | 4 | $311 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $198 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $39 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- TRULIANT$13,688
- SMR Shoulder$10,659
- LANTERN SURGICAL ASSISTANT$10,015
- Delta Cup$10,015
- ZIPTIGHT$2,974
- EQUINOXE$1,971
- MACI$1,908
- SALVATION$660
- COBRA$452
- Affixus$427
- BIO4$418
- YUKON$269
- TRITANIUM$259
- TRIGEN InterTAN$202
- VITOSS$170
- Persona$147
- TAPESTRY$144
- XIA$134
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$129
- NA$121
How this compares
$129,981 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 124 orthopaedic surgery providers in Rhode Island.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 48 | $227 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 66 | $201 |
| Celecoxib | 16 | $108 |
| Ibuprofen | 34 | $92 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $84 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $59 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Providence
- Edward PaxtonProvidence$244K
- Eric CohenProvidence$72K
- Erin HaggertyProvidence$67K
- Todd BorensteinProvidence$49K
- Mark PalumboProvidence$39K
- Brian CohenProvidence$32K
- Scott MallozziProvidence$28K
- Peter WagnerProvidence$26K
- Craig EbersonProvidence$26K
- Jeremy TruntzerProvidence$25K
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.