Jack Gelman, MD
Hand Surgery · Munster, INNPI 1891843520
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Axogen at 50.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,442 and has fallen 92.0% since, to $195 in 2025.
Across 56 payments — averaging $70.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axogen$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$657
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$360
- AbbVie$288
- Johnson & Johnson$177
- Polarityte, Inc.$118
- plus $367 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,58440%
- Food & beverage$2,37560%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axogen | 5 | $1,993 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 14 | $657 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 11 | $360 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $288 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 4 | $177 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 2 | $118 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $111 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $102 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $93 |
| Lifenet Health | 2 | $49 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $12 |
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.
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,946
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,946
- INTEGRA$347
- OMNIGRAFT$174
- SURGIMEND$174
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$174
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$111
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$111
- AMNIOEXCEL$111
- IDRT$111
- FLOWABLE$111
- TENOGLIDE TENDON PROTECTOR SHEET$108
- NEURAGEN NERVE GUIDE$108
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$106
- XARELTO$103
How this compares
$3,959 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 60 hand surgery providers in Indiana.
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 hand surgery in Munster
- Brett SchiffmanMunster$12K
- Brian EvansonMunster$514
- Adelbert MenciasSouth Bend$172K
- Brandon SmetanaIndianapolis$136K
- Jeffrey GreenbergIndianapolis$121K
- Reed HoyerIndianapolis$110K
- Paul PerryEvansville$44K
- Nicholas CrosbyIndianapolis$18K
- Mathew WalkerGreenwood$17K
- Kathryn PeckIndianapolis$11K
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.