James Gluck, MD
Hand Surgery · Wichita, KSNPI 1154301760
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (37.9%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Sonex Health, Inc. accounts for 89.8% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2023 is the largest year on record at $930, more than ten times the $39 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for hand surgery clinicians in KS, where the typical reported total is $2,319.
Across 20 payments — averaging $115.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sonex Health, Inc.$2K
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$141
- DJO, LLC$57
- Stryker$39
Across 2 payments — averaging $15,350 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Sonex Health, Inc.$31K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$49121%
- Travel & lodging$87838%
- Food & beverage$81235%
- Education$1386%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 15 | $2,082 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 1 | $141 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $57 |
| Stryker | 2 | $39 |
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.
- ULTRAGUIDECTR$1,133
- ULTRAGUIDETFR$734
- Sx-One Microknife$609
How this compares
$2,319 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 23 hand surgery providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $77 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Wichita
- Zachary HansonWichita$24K
- Lisa FrantzWichita$7K
- Prince ChanWichita$1K
- John MelhornWichita$407
- Thomas McQuillanKansas City$28K
- Mark WinstonLeawood$16K
- Jacob SneddonOlathe$12K
- Suzanne EltonOverland Park$6K
- Erin MurrayLeawood$6K
- Mark McNemarGalena$5K
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.