Kurt Hofmann, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Waltham, MANPI 1326368937
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (41.6%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 36.6% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MA 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 167 payments — averaging $545.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$33K
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$22K
- Restor3d, Inc.$12K
- Bioventus LLC$9K
- Life Spine, Inc.$4K
- Arthrex$3K
- plus $9K from 23 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $7400.00 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.
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$15K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$37,86942%
- Speaking & faculty fees$35,90039%
- Travel & lodging$7,4618%
- Food & beverage$5,7706%
- Education$3,8954%
- Gifts$1800%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical | 34 | $33,341 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $21,500 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 16 | $12,138 |
| Bioventus LLC | 26 | $8,521 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 4 | $3,690 |
| Arthrex | 15 | $2,640 |
| GLW, Inc | 1 | $2,404 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 15 | $1,583 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 6 | $1,416 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 3 | $1,025 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $480 |
| Smith+Nephew | 10 | $424 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $342 |
| Novastep Inc. | 3 | $290 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 2 | $255 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 3 | $190 |
| Medline Industries LP | 2 | $157 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $143 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 6 | $119 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 1 | $84 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $76 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $51 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $40 |
| Vertex | 1 | $29 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Foot System$18,450
- Anthem$12,323
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$7,994
- EXTERNAL FIXATION$3,527
- Hammertoe$3,347
- Influx$2,000
- Product Portfolio$900
- INFINITY$743
- Ankle Fracture System$576
- INBONE$508
- CALIBER$488
- Clavical Fixation (16-186)$307
- PROPHECY$293
- Clavicular Fracture Fixation$199
- NEXIS$150
- Novosorb BTM$143
- XCELL$141
- Saturn$129
- TARSA-LINK$129
- Autobahn$129
How this compares
$91,075 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 542 orthopaedic surgery providers in Massachusetts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ibuprofen | 45 | $249 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 26 | $128 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 28 | $69 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Waltham
- Brian KwonWaltham$1.9M
- Brian McKeonWaltham$644K
- Alan CurtisWaltham$184K
- John RichmondWaltham$114K
- Geoffrey van FlandernWaltham$87K
- Jacob DrewWaltham$57K
- Suzanne MillerWaltham$55K
- Paul TornettaBoston$16.3M
- Thomas ThornhillBoston$12M
- Stephen MurphyRoxbury Crossing$8M
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.