Thomas Burke, MD
Sports Medicine · Cambridge, MANPI 1427047224
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.4%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. at 24.8% of the total.
Across 59 payments — averaging $95.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$1K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$1K
- Stryker$719
- Smith+Nephew$461
- Arthrex$442
- Bioventus LLC$196
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,40525%
- Travel & lodging$1,23222%
- Food & beverage$3,02153%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 5 | $1,405 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 4 | $1,201 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 6 | $719 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $461 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $442 |
| Bioventus LLC | 9 | $196 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $192 |
| Osteoremedies, LLC | 1 | $171 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $168 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $167 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $127 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $110 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $45 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $40 |
| Vertex | 1 | $31 |
| Dentsply IH AB | 1 | $28 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $26 |
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
$5,659 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 138 sports medicine providers in Massachusetts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 13 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Cambridge
- Brian BusconiWorcester$684K
- Thomas WuerzWaltham$464K
- Elizabeth MatzkinBoston$182K
- Thomas GillDedham$168K
- Xinning LiBoston$109K
- Joseph CzarneckiWoburn$93K
- Sarav ShahBrighton$90K
- Miho TanakaBoston$89K
- James OholleranPeabody$82K
- Kai MithoeferDed Ham$64K
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.