Emily Pflug, MD
Hand Surgery · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1467959734
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $16,667 of the $21,977 with a category attached, or 75.8%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 52.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $19,065 and has fallen 92.3% since, to $1,477 in 2025.
Across 50 payments — averaging $439.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$12K
- Acumed LLC$7K
- Axogen$2K
- Suvon Surgical LLC$394
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$234
- Polynovo North America LLC$178
- plus $749 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$16,66776%
- Travel & lodging$2,45111%
- Food & beverage$2,85913%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 14 | $11,537 |
| Acumed LLC | 7 | $6,975 |
| Axogen | 8 | $1,911 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 2 | $394 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 5 | $234 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $178 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 2 | $146 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $134 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Stryker | 2 | $77 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $59 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $26 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
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.
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,805
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,805
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,805
- Novosorb BTM$178
- ACUMED$142
- INnate Implant$142
- InFrame Implant$142
- Geminus$135
- Align$135
- IJS$135
- Implate$135
- Checkpoint Stimulators$134
- VersaWrap$130
- XIAFLEX$123
How this compares
$21,977 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 178 hand surgery providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 19 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Brooklyn
- Uzoma UkomaduBrooklyn$6K
- Jadie de TollaBrooklyn$5K
- Scott WolfeNy$251K
- Nader PaksimaNew York$171K
- Peter SteinGreat Neck$131K
- Michael HausmanNew York$128K
- Otis BarronNew York$122K
- Kevin SetterEast Syracuse$118K
- Nathan EverdingSyracuse$98K
- David TuckmanGreat Neck$96K
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.