Joint Restoration Foundation, INC.

Reporting payments is a legal requirement; large totals often reflect large product portfolios.

$855Kgeneral payments (2019-2025)
$0.00research payments (2019-2025)
203clinicians paid

General and research payments are shown separately, never blended. Research payments are often institution-directed and tied to clinical trials.

General payments by year

2019 $132K
2020 $40K
2021 $61K
2022 $57K
2023 $221K
2024 $130K
2025 $215K

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Research payments are totaled above and not included in these bars.

Specialties it works with most

Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery $358K
Orthopaedic Surgery $273K
Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $138K
Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine $60K
Physician Assistant $11K
Diagnostic Radiology $7,200

Clinicians with the largest reported totals

Often long-running consulting, speaking, or advisory relationships, which companies must report by law. A large total is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyGeneral payments (2019-2025)
William Bugbee La Jolla, CA Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery $357,489.78
Timothy Mologne Appleton, WI Orthopaedic Surgery $129,201.63
Michael Bauer Castle Rock, CO Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine $59,500.00
James Pace Farmington, CT Orthopaedic Surgery $38,996.13
Tianyi Tim Wang Stanford, CA Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $29,003.60
John Grant Ann Arbor, MI Orthopaedic Surgery $28,659.18
Dennis Crawford Portland, OR Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $24,267.64
Andreas Gomoll New York, NY Orthopaedic Surgery $12,520.91
Matthew Provencher Vail, CO Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $12,198.62
Paul Caldwell Richmond, VA Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $12,100.00

Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.