Erik Woelber
Orthopaedic Surgery · Juneau, AKNPI 1134655830
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (52.8%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 36.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $6,586 and has fallen 73.9% since, to $1,720 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in AK 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 77 payments — averaging $236.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$7K
- Smith+Nephew$6K
- Johnson & Johnson$5K
- Davol Inc.$121
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$120
- Medtronic$76
- plus $246 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,58853%
- Food & beverage$3,58420%
- Education$5,00028%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 40 | $6,619 |
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $5,588 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $5,403 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $121 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $120 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $76 |
| Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Alaska Medical Technologies, LLC | 1 | $44 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $32 |
| Summit Surgical Corp. | 1 | $30 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
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.
- MAKO$5,512
- POLARSTEM$248
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$223
- OR3O Dual Mobility$138
- R3 ACETABULAR$138
- REDAPT$138
- EXETER$136
- Journey II$114
- RESTORATION$112
- Anthology$109
- ACCOLADE$104
- TRIATHLON$104
How this compares
$18,172 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 63 orthopaedic surgery providers in Alaska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 49 | $512 |
| Pregabalin | 13 | $182 |
| Mupirocin | 11 | $66 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Juneau
- Ted SchwartingJuneau$107
- Daniel HarrahJuneau$100
- Bryan HaughomAnchorage$179K
- Benjamin PackardAnchorage$40K
- Kenneth ThomasAnchorage$35K
- Claudia ThomasJber$33K
- Charles HaggertyWasilla$33K
- Neal EversonFairbanks$29K
- Jason GrayAnchorage$17K
- Ian BrimhallAnchorage$17K
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.