Thomas Ellis, MD
Sports Medicine · Dublin, OHNPI 1124036645
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $360,070 of the $427,146 with a category attached, or 84.3%. Medacta USA, Inc. accounts for 98.6% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $99,098 and has fallen 70.6% since, to $29,142 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in OH 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 210 payments — averaging $2034.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medacta USA, Inc.$421K
- Arthrex$2K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$2K
- Graymont Professional Products IP, LLC$950
- CDC Medical LLC$417
- Amgen$184
- plus $143 from 3 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $10,000 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.
- Medacta USA, Inc.$20K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$360,07084%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,2003%
- Travel & lodging$47,87311%
- Food & beverage$3,5721%
- Education$2,4311%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 167 | $421,118 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $2,453 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $1,880 |
| Graymont Professional Products IP, LLC | 3 | $950 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 2 | $417 |
| Amgen | 29 | $184 |
| Stryker | 3 | $113 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 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.
- AMISTEM$209,206
- GMK SPHERE$52,780
- Mecta-C Cervical Cages$33,649
- MyPAO$33,222
- MECTA$29,046
- AMIStem H Femoral Stems$12,372
- GMK Sphere Revision System$12,100
- Graymont X Kimbo Hip System$600
- PRIMARY SHOULDER$405
- Lake Effect Hip Brace$350
- MOTO UNI$139
How this compares
$427,146 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 278 sports medicine providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cefadroxil | 12 | $39 |
| Famotidine | 12 | $32 |
| Amoxicillin | 18 | $12 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Dublin
- Brian SkuraDublin$15K
- Robert MagnussenDublin$9K
- David FlaniganColumbus$915K
- Paul SaluanCleveland$367K
- Vincent SammarcoCincinnati$361K
- Jovan LaskovskiAkron$337K
- Julie BishopColumbus$322K
- Dominic KingCleveland$233K
- Michael SalataCleveland$212K
- Jason GeninLorain$115K
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.