Amit Merchant
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery · Hackensack, NJNPI 1861623241
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (52.8%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Seapearl East, Inc at 30.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,657 and has fallen 72.7% since, to $452 in 2025.
Across 60 payments — averaging $73.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Seapearl East, Inc$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$981
- Medtronic$571
- Johnson & Johnson$360
- Davol Inc.$283
- Arthrex$225
- plus $631 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$94921%
- Food & beverage$2,33153%
- Education$1,13626%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Seapearl East, Inc | 5 | $1,364 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $981 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $571 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $360 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $283 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $225 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $196 |
| Globus Medical | 6 | $100 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $50 |
| Vertex | 2 | $43 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $30 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Think Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $18 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- EXPEDIUM$850
- Channel Drain$148
- Surgiphor$136
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$122
How this compares
$4,416 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 32 pediatric orthopaedic surgery providers in New Jersey.
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Other pediatric orthopaedic surgery in Hackensack
- Mark RiegerCedar Knolls$65K
- Neil KaushalNewark$24K
- David LinCedar Knolls$20K
- Alexandra D AgostiniCedar Knolls$7K
- Dayna PhillipsEmerson$5K
- Avrum JoffeRidgewood$4K
- Osamuedenomwan Edobor-OsulaNewark$3K
- Anna KatsmanCedar Knolls$2K
- Tamir BloomCedar Knolls$2K
- Alice ChuNewark$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.