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CMS Open Payments · 2024

Dr. Ran Schwarzkopf

Physician · ORANGE, CA · NPI 1407016488

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$458,339 reported by drug & device companies in 2024 · 204 payments

Not all payments mean the same thing. Split apart:

$274,891
Promotional

Meals, speaking fees, travel, consulting — money from companies marketing their products. This is the relationship to weigh against a recommendation. For this doctor it is substantial.

$183,448
Royalty / ownership

Income for a device or method the doctor invented or owns — large for some surgeons, and not a conflict over what to prescribe you.

This is well above what most doctors receive in promotional payments — a relationship worth being aware of when weighing a recommendation.

Largest paying companies

The companies that paid this doctor the most in 2024 — each company's full total (promotional + research + royalty), from CMS's separate by-company report, so these may not add up to the split above.

Smith+Nephew, Inc. $1,114,067
Intellijoint Surgical Inc. $87,696
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $19,776
MicroPort Orthopedics Inc $6,500
Davol Inc. $151

What the payments were for

Consulting fees $195,798Royalty or license $183,448Speaking / services (non-CE) $46,050Travel & lodging $26,794Food & beverage $6,250

What this is — and is not

This is the public record companies are required by law to report (the Sunshine Act). A disclosed payment is a financial relationship — it is not proof of wrongdoing, and not evidence that it changed your care. Many payments are entirely legitimate (research, royalties for inventions, education). The point is transparency: you get to know, and to ask. It is not a rating of Dr. Ran Schwarzkopf.

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