Lindsay Kleeman-Forsthuber, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Rutland, VTNPI 1982946141
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.6%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Think Surgical, Inc. accounts for 87.0% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2023 is the largest year on record at $15,369, more than ten times the $399 reported in 2019.
Across 17 payments — averaging $1035.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Think Surgical, Inc.$15K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$1K
- Corin USA$387
- Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc.$381
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$36
- Omnilife Science, Inc$13
- plus $12 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,20047%
- Travel & lodging$7,40142%
- Food & beverage$5133%
- Education$1,4538%
- Gifts$420%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Think Surgical, Inc. | 7 | $15,328 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 2 | $1,453 |
| Corin USA | 1 | $387 |
| Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | 3 | $381 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Omnilife Science, Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Stryker | 1 | $12 |
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
$17,609 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 37 orthopaedic surgery providers in Vermont.
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 | 30 | $307 |
| Meloxicam | 55 | $234 |
| Amoxicillin | 159 | $140 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $94 |
| Cefadroxil | 11 | $89 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 19 | $82 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $76 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $51 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Rutland
- Melbourne BoyntonRutland$8K
- Deborah HenleyRutland$6K
- Matthew ZmurkoRutland$6K
- John MacyMorrisville$245K
- Bryan HuberMorrisville$57K
- Jeremy KorshSt Johnsbury$33K
- Nicholas AntellMorrisville$32K
- Ethan HarlowMorrisville$26K
- Erin PichiotinoMorrisville$26K
- James LevinsBurlington$21K
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.