Vivek Sharma, MD
Sports Medicine · Colonial Heights, VANPI 1922171958
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (50.5%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bioverativ Therapeutics Inc. at 59.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,563 and has fallen 82.0% since, to $1,360 in 2025.
Across 37 payments — averaging $339.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bioverativ Therapeutics Inc.$7K
- Fortis Surgical, LLC$2K
- Lima USA, Inc.$1K
- Arthrex$913
- Zimmer Biomet$163
- Smith+Nephew$63
- plus $27 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,34851%
- Travel & lodging$3,59629%
- Food & beverage$1,41511%
- Education$1,20010%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bioverativ Therapeutics Inc. | 9 | $7,475 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 7 | $2,475 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 4 | $1,442 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $913 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $163 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $63 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $27 |
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.
- NO PRODUCT DISCUSSED$7,282
- SMR Shoulder$1,383
How this compares
$12,559 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 171 sports medicine providers in Virginia.
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 | 26 | $480 |
| Meloxicam | 79 | $315 |
| Methylprednisolone | 24 | $188 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $185 |
| Pregabalin | 12 | $170 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 27 | $77 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 12 | $67 |
| Gabapentin | 19 | $66 |
| Naproxen | 14 | $59 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 14 | $48 |
| Prednisone | 33 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Colonial Heights
- Vamsi SingarajuColonial Heights$8K
- David DiduchCharlottesville$3.8M
- Thorp DavisMechanicsville$3M
- Stephen BrockmeierCharlottesville$2.6M
- William NordtRichmond$2.6M
- Justin GriffinVirginia Beach$1.5M
- Brian WernerCharlottesville$1.2M
- Kevin BonnerVirginia Beach$1.1M
- Kenneth ZaslavRichmond$819K
- Brandon BryantFairfax$290K
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.