Antonio Cusano, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Farmington, CTNPI 1346746161
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (31.4%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 72.2% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 79 payments — averaging $321.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$18K
- Arthrex$3K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Coastal Technology Solutions LLC$525
- Johnson & Johnson$382
- plus $395 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$6,78627%
- Travel & lodging$7,42829%
- Food & beverage$3,19313%
- Education$7,98631%
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 | 16 | $18,338 |
| Arthrex | 36 | $2,770 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 5 | $1,635 |
| Stryker | 6 | $1,349 |
| Coastal Technology Solutions LLC | 3 | $525 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $382 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 1 | $171 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 1 | $19 |
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.
- ACUFEX Meniscal Root Repair$4,010
- Healicoil$2,821
- CAP-FIX$1,898
- NOVOSTITCH$1,898
- Q-FIX$1,898
- MICRORAPTOR$1,846
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$995
- FAST-FIX$923
- Journey II$502
- DYNACORD$167
- SALVATION$159
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$154
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$154
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$154
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$154
- EQUINOXE$113
How this compares
$25,392 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 273 orthopaedic surgery providers in Connecticut.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Farmington
- James PaceFarmington$721K
- Isaac MossFarmington$676K
- Lauren GeaneyFarmington$263K
- Cory EdgarFarmington$112K
- Matthew PartanFarmington$24K
- Morenikeji BuraimohFarmington$22K
- Peter WhangNew Haven$1.8M
- Paul SethiGreenwich$1.5M
- James YueShelton$1.3M
- Robert DeveneyDanbury$907K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.