Andrew Merwin
Orthopaedic Surgery · Wichita, KSNPI 1588168918
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (44.5%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 45.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $22,835 and has fallen 72.8% since, to $6,218 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in KS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 131 payments — averaging $343.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$20K
- Arthrex$10K
- Stryker$10K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Pylant Medical$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$461
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$20,00044%
- Travel & lodging$5,99013%
- Food & beverage$7,77417%
- Education$11,20025%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $20,245 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $10,000 |
| Stryker | 81 | $9,581 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 20 | $2,069 |
| Pylant Medical | 3 | $1,233 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $461 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 5 | $299 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $264 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $250 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $146 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $145 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $45 |
| Mission Medical Distribution, LLC | 1 | $21 |
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.
How this compares
$44,963 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 197 orthopaedic surgery providers in Kansas.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Wichita
- Tyler BronWichita$107K
- Jeffrey ShepherdWichita$87K
- Scott AdrianWichita$58K
- Paul EnnsWichita$27K
- Justin StricklandWichita$26K
- Levi KindelWichita$10K
- Scott HaskinsWichita$9K
- Kevin HoferWichita$9K
- David AndersonKansas City$490K
- Brandon CarlsonKansas City$299K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.