Joshua Gluck, MD
Surgery of the Hand · Ventura, CANPI 1538336573
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medartis Inc. accounts for 90.1% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $16,053, more than ten times the $396 reported in 2019. Among surgery of the hand clinicians in CA 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 60 payments — averaging $437.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medartis Inc.$24K
- Stryker$352
- Dynasplint Systems Inc.$343
- Bioventus LLC$307
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$292
- Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc.$237
- plus $1K from 10 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $717.00 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.
- Stryker$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,62660%
- Travel & lodging$7,55529%
- Food & beverage$3,04212%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medartis Inc. | 9 | $23,622 |
| Stryker | 6 | $352 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $343 |
| Bioventus LLC | 8 | $307 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $292 |
| Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc. | 3 | $237 |
| Axogen | 4 | $220 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $204 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 4 | $180 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $136 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $126 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $66 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $47 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $32 |
| Amgen | 2 | $32 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $29 |
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.
How this compares
$26,223 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 76 surgery of the hand providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 55 | $239 |
| Methylprednisolone | 20 | $110 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery of the hand in Ventura
- Bauback SafaSan Francisco$172K
- Emily Perezla Mirada$56K
- Howard SutkinLos Gatos$22K
- Aaron BergerOakland$14K
- Nicole ConklingOrange$14K
- Marie DuschSanta Maria$11K
- Andre IshakOxnard$11K
- Alfonso CamberosSan Diego$10K
- James ColemanOrange$9K
- Grant SeidenOceanside$9K
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.