Lauren Grossman, MD
Hand Surgery · Staten Island, NYNPI 1619146586
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (35.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Synthes GmbH at 50.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,240 and has fallen 51.2% since, to $2,557 in 2025.
Across 65 payments — averaging $343.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$11K
- Trimed, Inc.$5K
- Stryker$2K
- Arthrex$2K
- Axogen$1K
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$647
- plus $679 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,7508%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,87535%
- Travel & lodging$7,58734%
- Food & beverage$3,49216%
- Education$1,3056%
- Entertainment$3081%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 16 | $11,346 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 17 | $4,661 |
| Stryker | 4 | $1,808 |
| Arthrex | 6 | $1,778 |
| Axogen | 7 | $1,399 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 3 | $647 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 1 | $345 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $113 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $83 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $70 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $50 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Tools - WFS$2,293
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,095
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,095
How this compares
$22,317 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 178 hand 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 54 | $561 |
| Methylprednisolone | 43 | $297 |
| Ibuprofen | 18 | $224 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 26 | $72 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Staten Island
- Scott WolfeNy$251K
- Nader PaksimaNew York$171K
- Peter SteinGreat Neck$131K
- Michael HausmanNew York$128K
- Otis BarronNew York$122K
- Kevin SetterEast Syracuse$118K
- Nathan EverdingSyracuse$98K
- David TuckmanGreat Neck$96K
- Dan ZlotolowNew York$91K
- Andrew GreenbergGreat Neck$86K
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.