Eric Miller, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Akron, OHNPI 1386867117
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (46.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 77.9% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $3,501 and has fallen 85.7% since, to $502 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic trauma clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $13,172.
Across 48 payments — averaging $156.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$6K
- Stryker$882
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$452
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$163
- Axogen$104
- Johnson & Johnson$59
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,45046%
- Travel & lodging$1,38518%
- Food & beverage$2,58734%
- Education$851%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 25 | $5,847 |
| Stryker | 15 | $882 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $452 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $163 |
| Axogen | 1 | $104 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $59 |
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.
- TRIGEN InterTAN$3,816
- EVOS$1,042
- TRIGEN$1,042
- TACTOSET$452
- AXSOS$334
- SPS$172
- Taylor Spatial Frame$122
- EX NAILS$116
- MATRIXWAVE$116
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$104
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$104
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$104
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$104
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$104
How this compares
$7,507 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 38 orthopaedic trauma 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.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Akron
- Michael MakowskiAkron$24K
- Nicholas DinicolaAkron$1K
- Henry SagiCincinnati$1.4M
- Robert WetzelCleveland$574K
- George OchenjeleCleveland$344K
- Steven HamanLima$289K
- Nathan MeskoCleveland$228K
- Michael BeltranCincinnati$94K
- Joshua NaporaCleveland$69K
- Lukas NystromCleveland$56K
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.