Eric Hofmeister, MD
Hand Surgery · Chula Vista, CANPI 1093785206
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (55.3%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Trimed, Inc. at 46.1% of the total. Among hand surgery clinicians in CA 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 161 payments — averaging $251.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Trimed, Inc.$19K
- Tyber Medical, LLC$16K
- Johnson & Johnson$900
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$816
- Endo USA, Inc.$692
- Smith+Nephew$360
- plus $3K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,06415%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,26011%
- Travel & lodging$22,35955%
- Food & beverage$7,68419%
- Education$960%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trimed, Inc. | 29 | $18,669 |
| Tyber Medical, LLC | 4 | $15,637 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 27 | $900 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $816 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 15 | $692 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $360 |
| Elevate Surgical Co | 5 | $349 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 2 | $316 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $278 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 6 | $276 |
| Bioventus LLC | 11 | $193 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 5 | $192 |
| Medartis Inc. | 3 | $184 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $157 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $156 |
| Myoscience Inc. | 1 | $156 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 7 | $147 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $144 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $132 |
| BREG, Inc | 1 | $128 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $76 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $75 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $23 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Tyber Medical Anatomical Plating System$15,637
- VOLT Plating System$15,637
- Tools - WFS$2,776
- XIAFLEX$868
- Tools - AFS$473
- VisuMax$316
- Omnia$238
- IOVERA SYSTEM$156
- ACUMED$144
- EVOS WRIST$132
- Breg$128
- TFN ADVANCED$125
- Robotics-Knees$122
- EXPAREL$122
- EVOS MINI$122
- Trinity ELITE$117
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$116
- TRIATHLON$106
- 1588$106
- SERFAS ENERGY$106
How this compares
$40,463 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 249 hand surgery providers in California.
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 hand surgery in Chula Vista
- Steven ShinLos Angeles$2.8M
- Amy LaddStanford$1.4M
- Emilie CheungStanford$1.1M
- Andrew HartmanOceanside$957K
- Nancy LynchSan Mateo$862K
- Jeffrey YaoRedwood City$622K
- Prosper BenhaimLos Angeles$492K
- Wayne PanOakland$423K
- Nathan HoekzemaClovis$400K
- Robin KamalStanford$343K
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.