Alec Grossman
Orthopaedic Surgery · Erie, PANPI 1952927949
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (40.7%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC at 35.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,269 and has fallen 93.4% since, to $215 in 2025.
Across 70 payments — averaging $99.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Bioventus LLC$312
- Linkbio Corp$207
- Johnson & Johnson$193
- plus $803 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,71625%
- Food & beverage$2,82341%
- Education$2,40035%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 7 | $2,467 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 17 | $1,945 |
| Stryker | 15 | $1,013 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $312 |
| Linkbio Corp | 1 | $207 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 4 | $193 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $137 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $120 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $49 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Amgen | 1 | $21 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $16 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Comprehensive Anatomic$1,078
- Avenir$503
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$286
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$221
- TRIATHLON$175
- MAKO$175
- T2 ALPHA$145
- PICO 7$137
- PRECICE Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System$127
- SPEED$104
How this compares
$6,940 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,048 orthopaedic surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $116 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Erie
- William HozackBensalem$10.6M
- Jess LonnerBryn Mawr$7.8M
- Gerald WilliamsBryn Mawr$6.8M
- Mark LazarusBensalem$6.4M
- John FenlinPhiladelphia$5.9M
- Peter SharkeyKing Of Prussia$5.7M
- Alexander VaccaroPhiladelphia$4.5M
- Selene ParekhBensalem$4.5M
- Joseph AbboudPhiladelphia$3.9M
- Jonathan GarinoMalvern$3.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.