Joseph Vernace, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Bryn Mawr, PANPI 1932105798
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,381 of the $1,757 with a category attached, or 78.6%. Stryker accounts for 80.1% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery clinicians in PA, where the typical reported total is $4,565.
Across 41 payments — averaging $42.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$1K
- Paladin Technology Solutions$279
- Smith+Nephew$31
- Fidia Pharma USA Inc.$21
- Avanos Medical$19
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$27916%
- Travel & lodging$976%
- Food & beverage$1,38179%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 37 | $1,407 |
| Paladin Technology Solutions | 1 | $279 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $31 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $19 |
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.
- INSIGNIA$158
- TRIATHLON$107
- PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS$107
How this compares
$1,757 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 51 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 138 | $2,106 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 192 | $1,689 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 166 | $1,460 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 178 | $716 |
| Omeprazole | 158 | $434 |
| Meloxicam | 176 | $411 |
| Amoxicillin | 181 | $342 |
| Methylprednisolone | 56 | $278 |
| Cephalexin | 40 | $163 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | $145 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 19 | $144 |
| Clarithromycin | 32 | $94 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 13 | $74 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 12 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Bryn Mawr
- Brett ShannonBryn Mawr$19K
- Robert BoothPhiladelphia$15M
- Javad ParviziPhiladelphia$2.8M
- Thomas MeadeBethlehem$411K
- Kevin AnbariAllentown$344K
- Christopher MelnicPhiladelphia$307K
- Frank Johannes PlatePittsburgh$239K
- Gary UpdegroveHershey$119K
- Jonathon BrownAllentown$89K
- Jeffrey SeweckePittsburgh$84K
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.