Encore Medical, LP: payments to clinicians
Encore Medical, LP's 2025 payments went to relatively few clinicians: $23,997,331 to 594, about $40,400 each. Most of it (81%) was royalties and licenses, then consulting fees (16%). The largest single recipient (Orthopaedic Surgery, Florida) received $2,684,057.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $23,997,331 | 3,232 | 594 |
| 2024 | $19,813,424 | 4,691 | 648 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark A. Frankle, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Temple Terrace, FL | $2,684,057 |
| 2 | Robert M. Meneghini, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Indianapolis, IN | $1,877,447 |
| 3 | Carl Scott Humphrey, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Eagle, ID | $1,831,159 |
| 4 | Michael J. Taunton, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $1,596,818 |
| 5 | Raymond H. Kim, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Vail, CO | $1,064,749 |
| 6 | Gerald Ross Williams, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Bryn Mawr, PA | $1,027,009 |
| 7 | Joseph P. Iannotti, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Cleveland, OH | $999,150 |
| 8 | James A. Browne, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Charlottesville, VA | $992,445 |
| 9 | Scott M. Sporer, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Winfield, IL | $953,109 |
| 10 | Jonathan Chad Levy, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Boca Raton, FL | $913,743 |
| 11 | Surena Namdari, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $649,295 |
| 12 | Joseph John Jankiewicz, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $620,846 |
| 13 | Mark T. McBride, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $619,269 |
| 14 | Grant Edward Garrigues, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Chicago, IL | $616,344 |
| 15 | Thomas Bradley Edwards, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Houston, TX | $598,169 |
| 16 | Eric Thomas Ricchetti, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Cleveland, OH | $426,063 |
| 17 | Gary Dean Harter, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Vero Beach, FL | $406,789 |
| 18 | Joseph Albert Abboud, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $302,239 |
| 19 | Eugene S. Krauss, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Great Neck, NY | $260,022 |
| 20 | Patrick St.Pierre, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rancho Mirage, CA | $253,071 |
| 21 | John Wesley Barrington, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Plano, TX | $165,153 |
| 22 | Andrew P. Hartman, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Oceanside, CA | $137,973 |
| 23 | Brian T. Palumbo, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Temple Terrace, FL | $129,421 |
| 24 | Ayal Segal, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Glen Cove, NY | $126,005 |
| 25 | Brian C. Fuller, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Carrollton, TX | $114,578 |
| 26 | Michael M. Alexiades, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $111,406 |
| 27 | Douglas Edmund Padgett, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $109,583 |
| 28 | Ben Dubois, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | La Mesa, CA | $106,414 |
| 29 | Edwin Earl Spencer Jr., M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Knoxville, TN | $104,537 |
| 30 | Michael P. Nett, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Bay Shore, NY | $102,037 |
| 31 | Gregory Gerald Polkowski II, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Nashville, TN | $100,808 |
| 32 | Bradley S. Ellison, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Concord, NC | $97,592 |
| 33 | Charles Patrick Hannon, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $93,677 |
| 34 | William Andrew Hodge, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fort Myers, FL | $91,966 |
| 35 | Hill Hastings II, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Indianapolis, IN | $84,354 |
| 36 | Thomas J. Graham, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Allentown, PA | $84,354 |
| 37 | Robert William Easton, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Baton Rouge, LA | $83,034 |
| 38 | Beau Jackson Kildow, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Omaha, NE | $79,692 |
| 39 | Kevin Jeremiah Cronin, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Temple Terrace, FL | $73,492 |
| 40 | Michael Boin, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Kansas City, MO | $72,432 |
| 41 | Stephan Geoffrey Pill, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Greenville, SC | $68,818 |
| 42 | Samer S. Hasan, M.D., PH.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Crestview Hills, KY | $67,274 |
| 43 | Michael Aaron Jacobs, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Baltimore, MD | $65,563 |
| 44 | Daniel A. Oakes, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $62,411 |
| 45 | Benjamin Stronach, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Little Rock, AR | $60,815 |
| 46 | Andrew Green, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Providence, RI | $60,408 |
| 47 | Timothy Ephriam Ekpo, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Grand Blanc, MI | $60,156 |
| 48 | Adam Joseph Seidl, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Aurora, CO | $60,021 |
| 49 | Matthew H. Walker, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Richmond, VA | $59,614 |
| 50 | Bassem T. Elhassan, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $58,401 |
| 51 | Patrick Michael Connor, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $56,740 |
| 52 | Stephanie Jung-Ping Muh, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Pittsburgh, PA | $55,948 |
| 53 | Michael Doyle Mason, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Brighton, MA | $53,388 |
| 54 | Nickolas G. Garbis, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Maywood, IL | $50,939 |
| 55 | Stephen Matthew Engstrom, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Brentwood, TN | $50,249 |
| 56 | John B. Meding, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Mooresville, IN | $49,998 |
| 57 | Brian L. Badman, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fishers, IN | $48,720 |
| 58 | Tarun Bhargava, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Wichita, KS | $44,447 |
| 59 | Spencer Montgomery, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Meridian, ID | $38,498 |
| 60 | Gordon I. Groh, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Asheville, NC | $38,010 |
| 61 | Michael C. Cusick | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Kingwood, TX | $37,478 |
| 62 | Carl T. Talmo, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Boston, MA | $37,132 |
| 63 | Young Kwon, M.D., PH.D | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $36,665 |
| 64 | Nirav Jayprakash Shah, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Tarzana, CA | $36,469 |
| 65 | Vivek Manhar Shah, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Boston, MA | $36,292 |
| 66 | Hanna Michael Mitias, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New Albany, MS | $36,124 |
| 67 | Kenneth C. Sands, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Melbourne, FL | $35,045 |
| 68 | Eric Matthew Heinrich, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Austin, TX | $34,658 |
| 69 | Samuel Taylor, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | New York, NY | $34,224 |
| 70 | Robert P. Limoni, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Appleton, WI | $33,880 |
| 71 | Michael Lee Knudsen, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Bronxville, NY | $33,101 |
| 72 | Christopher Erik Birch, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Santa Barbara, CA | $30,978 |
| 73 | Matthew Siljander, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Newport Beach, CA | $30,366 |
| 74 | Ranjan Gupta, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Orange, CA | $30,005 |
| 75 | Mark A. Mighell, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Temple Terrace, FL | $29,785 |
| 76 | Matthew C. Morrey, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Antonio, TX | $29,055 |
| 77 | Daniel G. Schwartz, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Seattle, WA | $27,272 |
| 78 | Kenneth William Donohue, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | New Haven, CT | $27,148 |
| 79 | Kurt T. Bormann, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Columbia, MO | $26,780 |
| 80 | Walter Barber McClelland Jr., M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Atlanta, GA | $26,553 |
| 81 | Francis G. Alberta, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Hackensack, NJ | $26,526 |
| 82 | Brandon Naylor, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Cumming, GA | $25,321 |
| 83 | James D. Reeves, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Reston, VA | $24,556 |
| 84 | Ryland Kagan, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Portland, OR | $24,529 |
| 85 | Leonard Daniel Latt, M.D. PH.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Tucson, AZ | $24,000 |
| 86 | Joey A. Lamartina II, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Covington, LA | $22,658 |
| 87 | Sam Vijaykumar Sydney, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Catonsville, MD | $22,511 |
| 88 | Tally Edward Lassiter Jr., MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Oneonta, NY | $22,415 |
| 89 | Hari Prasad Bezwada, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Princeton, NJ | $22,111 |
| 90 | Danton S. Dungy, MD PC | Orthopaedic Surgery | Chandler, AZ | $21,048 |
| 91 | Matthew J. Teusink, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Temple Terrace, FL | $19,742 |
| 92 | Daniel Joseph Hackett Jr., M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Lexington, KY | $19,314 |
| 93 | Thomas William Huff, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Portland, OR | $18,699 |
| 94 | Theodore Blaine, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | New York, NY | $18,585 |
| 95 | Randall Jason Otto, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fenton, MO | $18,517 |
| 96 | Shahan Vahe Yacoubian, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Burbank, CA | $17,936 |
| 97 | Paul George Kiritsis, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Midlothian, VA | $17,137 |
| 98 | Christopher Deans, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Indianapolis, IN | $16,815 |
| 99 | Jonathan T. Deland, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | New York, NY | $16,667 |
| 100 | Charles L. Saltzman, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Salt Lake City, UT | $16,667 |
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