Thomas Obade, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Woodbury, NJNPI 1356348551
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,249 of the $2,526 with a category attached, or 89.0%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 28.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,143 and has fallen 95.5% since, to $52 in 2025.
Across 50 payments — averaging $50.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$721
- Encore Medical, LP$566
- Linvatec Corporation$298
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$284
- Johnson & Johnson$230
- DJO, LLC$154
- plus $273 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$27711%
- Food & beverage$2,24989%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 8 | $721 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 3 | $566 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $298 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 12 | $284 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 13 | $230 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $154 |
| Stryker | 2 | $74 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $51 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $46 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $36 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $22 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $8 |
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.
- Persona$300
- LINVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$298
- LINVATEC EXTREMITIES$298
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$298
- LINVATEC HIP PRESERVATION SYSTEM$298
- DJO Surgical 3DKnee System$277
- CMF OL1000$154
- DJO Surgical TaperFill Hip System$144
- DJO Surgical Empowr Knee System$144
- Zilretta$134
- Comprehensive Primary Stem$124
- Arcos$122
How this compares
$2,526 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 32 orthopedic surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 30 | $3,788 |
| Meloxicam | 165 | $430 |
| Celecoxib | 23 | $411 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 77 | $368 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 16 | $199 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 17 | $68 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopedic surgery in Woodbury
- Scott BuzinJersey City$45K
- Frank FeminoNutley$18K
- Mark RuoffWayne$9K
- Andrew WillisMorristown$8K
- David EingornHamilton$7K
- Andrew McGinnissNewark$5K
- Paul LombardiMorristown$4K
- Charles GattoMorristown$4K
- Calvin MatthewsBloomfield$4K
- David BaschSparta$3K
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.