Liane Miller
Orthopaedic Surgery · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1548622780
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (40.3%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 44.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $27,106 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $173 in 2025.
Across 117 payments — averaging $318.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$17K
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$7K
- Smith+Nephew$7K
- Stryker$3K
- Paladin Technology Solutions$2K
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$277
- plus $649 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$15,00040%
- Travel & lodging$4,14411%
- Food & beverage$3,80410%
- Education$14,28338%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 33 | $16,567 |
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 21 | $7,437 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $7,407 |
| Stryker | 31 | $2,991 |
| Paladin Technology Solutions | 9 | $1,904 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $277 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $181 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $162 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $140 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $22 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- INSPACE$709
- SALVATION$529
- INTEGRA$419
- ICONIX$369
- Geminus$277
- Align$277
- IJS$277
- Implate$277
- HIPCHECK$254
- BioBrace 23mm$181
- ACCOLADE$149
- FLEXIBLE GUIDE PIN (STRYKER ACL VERSITOMIC)$143
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$140
- PRIMATRIX$140
- GRAFIX PL$122
- Oasis$122
- Stravix$122
- STRAVIX PL$122
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$117
How this compares
$37,232 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,048 orthopaedic surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Pittsburgh
- Edward WestrickPittsburgh$938K
- Timothy SauberPittsburgh$373K
- Eric YakishPittsburgh$278K
- Gary SchmidtPittsburgh$256K
- Ivan TarkinPittsburgh$243K
- Anthony DigioiaPittsburgh$217K
- Kenneth UrishPittsburgh$207K
- William HozackBensalem$10.6M
- Jess LonnerBryn Mawr$7.8M
- Gerald WilliamsBryn Mawr$6.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.