Orthopedic companies continue to be among the biggest spenders in the medical device industry when it comes to payments made to physicians.
Since 2013, drug and devicemakers have been required to disclose payments to physicians and health systems under the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, which was created to increase the transparency of these relationships.
Data for 2020 were made public on June 30 on CMS' Open Payments Database.
Here are the surgeons who received the most payments from six medtech companies in 2020:
1. Medtronic
Kevin Foley, MD. Semmes Murphey (Memphis, Tenn.): $18.3 million
Eric Peterson, MD. University of Miami: $3.5 million
Brian Snelling, MD. Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital: $3.5 million
2. Zimmer Biomet
Adolph Lombardi, MD. Mount Carmel (Columbus, Ohio): $1.8 million
Mark Barry, MD. Children's Orthopedics Education for Developing Nations (Las Vegas): $1.6 million
Roger Jackson, MD. Spine & Scoliosis Surgery (North Kansas City, Mo.): $1.5 million
3. Smith+Nephew
Roy Sanders, MD. Florida Orthopaedic Institute (Tampa): $7.3 million
Nishant Shah, MD. Advocate Health Care (Park Ridge, Ill.): $2 million
Ritesh Shah, MD. Illinois Bone and Joint Institute (Des Plaines): $2 million
4. Stryker
John Carbone, MD. MedStar Health (Baltimore): $3.3 million
Peter Bonutti, MD. Sarah Bush Lincoln (Mattoon, Ill.): $2.3 million
Robert Spetzler, MD. Barrow Neurological Institute (Phoenix): $1.6 million
5. DePuy Synthes
Andrew Cooper, MD. Ortho Care Florida (Largo): $5.8 million
John Callaghan, MD. Northlands Orthopedic Institute (Wayne, N.J.): $4 million
Daniel Berry, MD. Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.): $3 million
6. NuVasive
Regis Haid, MD. Atlanta Brain and Spine Care: $2.7 million
Robert Isaacs, MD: $939,219
Juan Uribe, MD. Barrow Neurological Institute (Phoenix): $912,073