Joseph Burkhardt, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Battle Creek, MINPI 1801808654
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $319,325 of the $478,964 with a category attached, or 66.7%. Smith+Nephew accounts for 99.6% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $110,250 and has fallen 69.3% since, to $33,860 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 336 payments — averaging $1425.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$477K
- Conformis, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$216
- Zimmer Biomet$101
- Medacta USA, Inc.$96
- Heraeus Medical, LLC.$42
- plus $224 from 11 others
Across 19 payments — averaging $9360.09 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.
- Smith+Nephew$133K
- Conformis, Inc.$45K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$101,10021%
- Speaking & faculty fees$319,32567%
- Travel & lodging$53,41411%
- Food & beverage$5,1241%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 303 | $477,067 |
| Conformis, Inc. | 2 | $1,217 |
| Stryker | 7 | $216 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $101 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 4 | $96 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 5 | $42 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| Maxx Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $16 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Journey II$423,521
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$166,734
- CORI$70,082
- Navio Surgical System$64,951
- Journey II BCS$62,615
- Anthology$56,587
- Journey II XR$52,413
- Legion Revision$47,235
- LEGION TKS$46,304
- BIRMINGHAM HIP$44,644
- Legion$31,288
- REDAPT$29,736
- NAVIO$29,255
- OR3O Dual Mobility$25,518
- Tandem$14,320
- JOURNEY II UK$14,159
- Journey II CR$13,822
- KNEE3 Software$12,869
- RI.HIP NAVIGATION$12,054
- JOURNEY$11,349
How this compares
$478,964 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 829 orthopaedic surgery providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 40 | $367 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 33 | $307 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 15 | $258 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 28 | $209 |
| Cephalexin | 24 | $141 |
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $85 |
| Gabapentin | 16 | $65 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $56 |
| Meloxicam | 13 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Battle Creek
- Asheesh BediAnn Arbor$9.4M
- Jerome WiaterBeverly Hills$3.9M
- Mark PintoChelsea$3.2M
- Kyle AndersonBingham Farms$3.1M
- Stephen BartolDetroit$2.6M
- Jad KhalilSouthfield$1.9M
- Jeffrey FischgrundSouthfield$1.8M
- John BlahaAnn Arbor$1.5M
- David MarkelSouthfield$1.5M
- Christopher ChuinardTraverse City$1.4M
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.