Matthew Bliss, MD
Hand Surgery · Fort Atkinson, WINPI 1255378014
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $737 of the $1,128 with a category attached, or 65.3%. Great Lakes Orthopedics accounts for 66.1% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $803 and has fallen 85.8% since, to $114 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for hand surgery clinicians in WI, where the typical reported total is $1,489.
Across 16 payments — averaging $70.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Great Lakes Orthopedics$746
- Stryker$228
- Smith+Nephew$49
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$42
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$18
- Convatec Inc.$16
- plus $29 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$39135%
- Education$73765%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Orthopedics | 2 | $746 |
| Stryker | 5 | $228 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $49 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $42 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $15 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,128 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 43 hand surgery providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 54 | $448 |
| Cephalexin | 26 | $265 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 31 | $198 |
| Amoxicillin | 21 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Fort Atkinson
- Steven GrindelMilwaukee$21K
- Josef TofteMadison$16K
- Gonzalo BarinagaWauwatosa$16K
- Joanie ColumbiaGreen Bay$10K
- Frank WalterWisconsin Rapids$9K
- Anthony LogiudiceMilwaukee$9K
- Tierney GrosskopfAppleton$9K
- Dayton OpelPlatteville$8K
- David MeisterGlendale$8K
- Dominic Gomez-LeonardelliWausau$6K
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.