Jocelyn Wittstein, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Cooperstown, NYNPI 1518182138
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $100,679 of the $144,852 with a category attached, or 69.5%. Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. accounts for 68.2% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NY 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 99 payments — averaging $1463.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.$99K
- Arthrex$26K
- Southtech Orthopedics$9K
- Vericel Corporation$5K
- Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC$4K
- Aesculap Biologics, LLC$801
- plus $2K from 5 others
Across 23 payments — averaging $1767.65 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.
- Aesculap Biologics, LLC$35K
- Arthrex$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$100,67970%
- Speaking & faculty fees$24,66317%
- Travel & lodging$6,2074%
- Food & beverage$2,5812%
- Education$10,6507%
- Entertainment$720%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 4 | $98,771 |
| Arthrex | 49 | $26,146 |
| Southtech Orthopedics | 9 | $8,550 |
| Vericel Corporation | 5 | $4,572 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 17 | $4,329 |
| Aesculap Biologics, LLC | 6 | $801 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 1 | $750 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 4 | $531 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $226 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $78 |
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.
- MACI$4,500
- NEXO-GIDE$750
- NOVOCART 3D$568
- BEAR Implant (Bridge-Enhanced ACL Restoration)$175
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$163
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$163
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$163
- NA$149
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$138
- Regeneten$115
- Fast-Fix 360$111
- Meniscal Root Repair System$111
How this compares
$144,852 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,079 orthopaedic 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $98 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 11 | $56 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 11 | $28 |
| Meloxicam | 21 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Cooperstown
- Anthony RomeoNew York$26.8M
- Lawrence LenkeNew York$26.8M
- Edwin SuNew York$13.2M
- William RicciNew York$11.6M
- Steven HaasNew York$11.3M
- Giles ScuderiNew York$10.7M
- Joseph ZuckermanNew York$9.9M
- Evan FlatowNew York$9.6M
- Bradford ParsonsNew York$9.4M
- Geoffrey WestrichNew York$7.1M
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.