RxDoctor Payments Data

Mark Smyth, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery · Dekalb, ILNPI 1801030812

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by education: $7,226 of the $10,424 with a category attached, or 69.3%. Medwest Associates accounts for 81.9% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,098 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $16 in 2023.

$10,424in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 40 payments — averaging $260.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medwest Associates$9K
  • Arthrex$2K
  • Smith+Nephew$54
  • Catalyst Orthoscience$42
  • Stryker$26

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$2,45824%
  • Food & beverage$7407%
  • Education$7,22669%

General payments by program year

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23

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Medwest Associates11$8,538
Arthrex25$1,764
Smith+Nephew2$54
Catalyst Orthoscience1$42
Stryker1$26

How this compares

$10,424 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 844 orthopaedic surgery providers in Illinois.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$119,832
Medicare patients
296
Services billed
1,159

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen12$88

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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