Craig Bierer, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Oxford, OHNPI 1518043959
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $642 of the $991 with a category attached, or 64.7%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 77.5% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $840, more than ten times the $26 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $3,554.
Across 22 payments — averaging $45.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$769
- Johnson & Johnson$68
- Vertex$34
- Amgen$29
- Bioventus LLC$22
- Smith+Nephew$17
- plus $52 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$64265%
- Food & beverage$35035%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 9 | $769 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $68 |
| Vertex | 2 | $34 |
| Amgen | 1 | $29 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $17 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Stryker | 1 | $13 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $11 |
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
$991 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 794 orthopaedic surgery providers in Ohio.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 292 | $2,227 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 277 | $2,097 |
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 39 | $1,951 |
| Meloxicam | 505 | $1,116 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 139 | $1,085 |
| Prednisone | 165 | $449 |
| Methocarbamol | 89 | $442 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $427 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 123 | $382 |
| Gabapentin | 78 | $279 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 14 | $102 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 25 | $91 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 16 | $90 |
| Amoxicillin | 55 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Oxford
- Reuben GobezieCleveland$12M
- Gregory BerletWorthington$9.6M
- Wael BarsoumCleveland$8.9M
- Brian CohenChillicothe$8.8M
- Joseph IannottiCleveland$7.1M
- John SontichYoungstown$3.6M
- Anthony MiniaciCleveland$3.1M
- David WelkerMiamisburg$2.8M
- Kenneth GreeneCleveland$2.6M
- Mark FroimsonCleveland$2.5M
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.