Douglas Wisch, MD
Hand Surgery · Torrington, CTNPI 1710931738
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.4%), education and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Kairos Surgical Inc at 31.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,221 and has fallen 76.6% since, to $753 in 2025.
Across 206 payments — averaging $46.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kairos Surgical Inc$3K
- Arthrosurface Incorporated$2K
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$587
- Johnson & Johnson$505
- Arthrex$278
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,80019%
- Travel & lodging$7948%
- Food & beverage$4,50447%
- Education$2,40025%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 6 | $2,991 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 6 | $2,209 |
| Smith+Nephew | 48 | $1,409 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 61 | $587 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $505 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $278 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 26 | $256 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $233 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $157 |
| Stryker | 5 | $143 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $98 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $93 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $56 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $55 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $46 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $39 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $34 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $33 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Axogen | 1 | $27 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Vertex | 1 | $22 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $11 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 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.
- HemiCAP Wrist$1,800
- HemiCAP MTP Resurfacing$256
- Allograft STEM CELL$157
- Integrity$151
- VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS$107
How this compares
$9,498 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 54 hand 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 18 | $245 |
| Cephalexin | 21 | $42 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $10 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Torrington
- Jacob TulipanTorrington$3K
- Michael RedlerTrumbull$763K
- Richard BernsteinHamden$437K
- Lisa LattanzaNew Haven$156K
- Kenneth DonohueNew Haven$41K
- Paul ProtomastroNorwalk$16K
- Mark VitaleGreenwich$13K
- Erik CarlsonMiddlebury$13K
- Devon BandaGlastonbury$10K
- Ryan NaujoksMiddletown$8K
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.