Victor Ortiz, MD
Sports Medicine · Franklin Lakes, NJNPI 1568692051
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (48.3%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 37 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 53.9% of the total. Among sports medicine clinicians in NJ 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 232 payments — averaging $176.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$22K
- Seapearl East, Inc$8K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Medwest Associates$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- plus $4K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$19,82548%
- Travel & lodging$4,22710%
- Food & beverage$9,39923%
- Education$7,60719%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 30 | $22,118 |
| Seapearl East, Inc | 34 | $8,170 |
| Smith+Nephew | 17 | $2,144 |
| Stryker | 27 | $1,899 |
| Medwest Associates | 5 | $1,558 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $1,224 |
| DJO, LLC | 12 | $588 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 14 | $413 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 13 | $400 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $317 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $264 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $243 |
| Zynex Medical, Inc. | 1 | $238 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $191 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $168 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $155 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $138 |
| Maxx Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 9 | $124 |
| Oak Med, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $69 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| GSK | 3 | $41 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Vertex | 2 | $27 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $27 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $19 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| International Rehabilitative Sciences, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Intellijoint Surgical Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- G7$819
- ACCUPASS DIRECT Crescent XL$753
- NOVOSTITCH$734
- Clancy Anatomic Cruciate Guide$734
- Meniscal Root Repair System$734
- MAKO$711
- Hipstruments$598
- Q-FIX$489
- Nexwave$238
- Trinity ELITE$235
- Bioraptor Knotless$162
- Hip Positioning System$162
- Persona$148
- GAMMA$131
- LINVATEC ARTHROSCOPY$127
- TRIDENT$127
- Freedom Total Knee System$125
- Libertas Hip$125
- mymobility Platform$125
- EVENITY$125
How this compares
$41,058 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 221 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 67 | $2,025 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $737 |
| Naproxen | 45 | $468 |
| Methylprednisolone | 27 | $226 |
| Mupirocin | 29 | $214 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 49 | $211 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 13 | $172 |
| Meloxicam | 25 | $120 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $66 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $25 |
| Amoxicillin | 18 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Franklin Lakes
- Lon CastleFranklin Lakes$54K
- Sean McMillanBurlington$1.8M
- Nicholas JarmonFreehold$277K
- Thomas YoumEnglewood$221K
- Stephen HuntCedar Knolls$76K
- David PorterHackensack$63K
- Francis AlbertaHackensack$61K
- Nathan HolmesSewell$56K
- Steven FreyWoodbury$55K
- Dante MarconiSomers Point$49K
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.