Erin Hofer, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Nashville, TNNPI 1932581683
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (36.1%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 56.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $11,245, 3.1 times the $3,619 reported in 2019.
Across 107 payments — averaging $235.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$14K
- Arthrex$3K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,08536%
- Travel & lodging$8,61834%
- Food & beverage$3,71515%
- Education$3,74415%
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. | 22 | $14,086 |
| Arthrex | 14 | $3,295 |
| Smith+Nephew | 18 | $2,719 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 12 | $1,502 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 18 | $1,114 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 9 | $1,079 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 1 | $820 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $179 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $96 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $25 |
| Music City Medical Technologies, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Access Pro 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.
- EVOS$1,970
- NA$1,928
- LCP$1,132
- TRIGEN InterTAN$975
- REDAPT$822
- Affixus$719
- T2$663
- PELVIS II$520
- Panta 2$415
- VA-LCP$254
- EQUINOXE$179
- Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack$147
- TFN-Advance$137
- NCB Instruments/Plates/Screws$122
How this compares
$25,162 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 27 orthopaedic trauma providers in Tennessee.
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 Nashville
- Tania FergusonNashville$155K
- Phillip MitchellNashville$32K
- Katherine BuesserNashville$30K
- Jason EvansNashville$28K
- William ObremskeyNashville$14K
- Donald AdamsNashville$13K
- Daniel JohnsonNashville$13K
- Lauren TatmanNashville$12K
- Mariel RickertNashville$6K
- Michelle HertzbergNashville$2K
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.