Thomas Holovacs, MD
Sports Medicine · Boston, MANPI 1811976871
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — ownership interests (52.3%), royalties or licence payments and other — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Anika Therapeutics, Inc. accounts for 78.7% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $17,174 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $75 in 2025.
Across 40 payments — averaging $689.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$22K
- Arthrosurface Incorporated$3K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$2K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$318
- Encore Medical, LP$207
- Johnson & Johnson$94
- plus $141 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$7,27826%
- Food & beverage$7913%
- Education$1,7896%
- Ownership interest$14,42152%
- Other$3,28912%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 20 | $21,706 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 9 | $3,283 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 3 | $1,821 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 3 | $318 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 2 | $207 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $94 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $52 |
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.
- GRS Glenoid$3,208
- GLENOID$1,732
- Glenoid GRS$1,394
- Glenoid 2.0$869
- REVERSE SHOULDER$165
- DJO Surgical Match Point System$120
How this compares
$27,569 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th 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.
Other sports medicine in Boston
- Elizabeth MatzkinBoston$182K
- Xinning LiBoston$109K
- Miho TanakaBoston$89K
- Giovanna Ignacio Subira MedinaBoston$55K
- Elise BixbyBoston$53K
- Yi Meng YenBoston$52K
- James SatalichBoston$46K
- Evan OdonnellBoston$39K
- Ian HutchinsonBoston$39K
- Michael MeadeBoston$24K
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.