Frank Schlehr, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Williamsville, NYNPI 1982605499
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (55.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 65.5% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,454 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $23 in 2025.
Across 101 payments — averaging $70.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$5K
- Prodigy Surgical Distribution, Inc.$1K
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$469
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$199
- Amgen$192
- Bioventus LLC$97
- plus $397 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,51421%
- Food & beverage$1,64423%
- Education$3,93255%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 25 | $4,642 |
| Prodigy Surgical Distribution, Inc. | 4 | $1,094 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 29 | $469 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $199 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 11 | $192 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $97 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $67 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $60 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $59 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Stryker | 1 | $36 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $27 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $21 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$7,090 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 91 orthopedic surgery providers in New York.
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 orthopedic surgery in Williamsville
- Baron LonnerNew York$2.1M
- Jan KoenigRockville Centre$1.4M
- Lon WeinerNew York$622K
- Andrew CappuccinoLockport$581K
- Douglas PadgettUniondale$407K
- James GladstoneNew York$260K
- Thomas WickiewiczNew York$201K
- David EssigNew York$123K
- Jason McKeanBrooklyn$61K
- Daniel ZuchelliBrooklyn$25K
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.