Eric Miller, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Lima, OHNPI 1891702296
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Anika Therapeutics, Inc. at 36.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $10,107 and has fallen 93.2% since, to $687 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in OH 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 137 payments — averaging $231.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$12K
- Smith+Nephew$8K
- Stryker$3K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$3K
- Arthrosurface Incorporated$2K
- Globus Medical$1K
- plus $3K from 26 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $3000.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Smith+Nephew$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,09948%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,0003%
- Travel & lodging$8,58227%
- Food & beverage$7,04222%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 19 | $11,718 |
| Smith+Nephew | 11 | $7,624 |
| Stryker | 30 | $3,177 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 13 | $2,538 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 14 | $2,391 |
| Globus Medical | 6 | $1,483 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $391 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 3 | $255 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 7 | $252 |
| Axogen | 2 | $164 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 3 | $124 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 4 | $120 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $112 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $105 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Celularity Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $93 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $93 |
| Accufix Surgical Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Tenex Health Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $79 |
| Amgen | 1 | $75 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $68 |
| Biocircuit Technologies Inc | 1 | $62 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $56 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Stability Biologics, LLC | 1 | $49 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $48 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $16 |
| Microaire Surgical Instruments LLC | 1 | $6 |
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.
- Toe Motion$9,847
- Invisiknot$6,200
- Lapiplasty System$2,194
- HemiCAP MTP Resurfacing$2,040
- NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT$1,339
- TACTOSET$873
- EVOS$806
- STAR$795
- Clavical Fixation (16-186)$471
- Clavicular Fracture Fixation$471
- MTP HemiCap Toe$462
- Anthem$441
- Drawtight$320
- ANCHORAGE$239
- X-Twist$214
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$150
- CERAMENT G$150
- Physio-Stim$148
- TRUELOK SYSTEM$148
- TrueLok$144
How this compares
$31,723 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 429 foot & ankle 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 115 | $2,193 |
| Gabapentin | 59 | $794 |
| Pregabalin | 21 | $591 |
| Mupirocin | 67 | $543 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 49 | $465 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 26 | $427 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 36 | $400 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 38 | $291 |
| Methylprednisolone | 53 | $271 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 35 | $213 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 16 | $155 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 16 | $152 |
| Allopurinol | 13 | $149 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 34 | $132 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 23 | $126 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Lima
- Christopher HyerWorthington$4.7M
- Thomas LeePickerington$4M
- Jordan GrossmanAkron$2.5M
- Robert GorslineHilliard$1.4M
- Jonathan FeibelGahanna$1.4M
- Mark PrisselWorthington$1.2M
- Lee HladGahanna$440K
- Windy ColeKent$431K
- Elizabeth HewittGrove City$414K
- Dominic RizzoBlue Ash$303K
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.