Eric Schafer, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Lexington, KYNPI 1043669237
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.3%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 45.3% of the total.
Across 86 payments — averaging $371.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$14K
- Smith+Nephew$9K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Encore Medical, LP$2K
- Stryker$1K
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,82643%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5005%
- Travel & lodging$4,25313%
- Food & beverage$3,35511%
- Education$9,00028%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 14 | $14,460 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $9,126 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 13 | $2,486 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 18 | $1,960 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 4 | $1,560 |
| Stryker | 16 | $1,312 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $580 |
| Conformis, Inc. | 1 | $153 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $76 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- DJO SURGICAL$3,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,316
- Persona Revision$1,109
- TRITANIUM$319
- TRIATHLON$317
- Persona$251
- ROSA$234
- MAKO$174
- iTotal Identity PS$153
- Identity Imprint Knee Replacement System$153
- GAMMA$149
- Oxford$138
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$126
- ELEOS LIMB SALVAGE SYSTEM$120
- ACTIS$116
- Robotics-Knees$114
- ATTUNE$112
How this compares
$31,935 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 322 orthopaedic surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 65 | $30,727 |
| Tranexamic Acid | 62 | $1,706 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 279 | $1,299 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 203 | $1,128 |
| Cefadroxil | 211 | $1,034 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 133 | $386 |
| Meloxicam | 185 | $203 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 27 | $177 |
| Cephalexin | 19 | $58 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $34 |
| Amoxicillin | 25 | $15 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Paul MatuszewskiLexington$370K
- Christian ChristensenLexington$207K
- Kaveh SajadiLexington$195K
- Daniel HackettLexington$104K
- Victor MarwinLexington$86K
- Kevin DenehyLexington$85K
- Camden BurnsLexington$62K
- Srinath KamineniLexington$44K
- Syed MehdiLexington$39K
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.