Matthew Shillito, MD
Hand Surgery · San Diego, CANPI 1538318548
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.9%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 41.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,496 and has fallen 81.9% since, to $635 in 2025.
Across 68 payments — averaging $120.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Acumed LLC$2K
- Elevate Surgical Co$1K
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$729
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$324
- Zimmer Biomet$149
- plus $781 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,88323%
- Food & beverage$3,93748%
- Education$2,40029%
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 | 11 | $3,394 |
| Acumed LLC | 24 | $1,678 |
| Elevate Surgical Co | 7 | $1,165 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $729 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $324 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $149 |
| Stryker | 4 | $138 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $101 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $97 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $75 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $48 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $24 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Axogen | 1 | $16 |
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.
- ACUMED$2,164
- Geminus$729
- Align$729
- IJS$729
- Implate$729
- XIAFLEX$388
- INnate Implant$375
- Samples Biologics$149
- InFrame Implant$109
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE IB LIGAMENT AUGMENTATION$104
How this compares
$8,220 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 249 hand surgery providers in California.
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 | 21 | $148 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in San Diego
- Michael PomerantzSan Diego$17K
- Gregory AlbertonSan Diego$13K
- Hassan AzimiSan Diego$13K
- Eric HentzenSan Diego$11K
- Reid AbramsSan Diego$11K
- Steven ShinLos Angeles$2.8M
- Amy LaddStanford$1.4M
- Emilie CheungStanford$1.1M
- Andrew HartmanOceanside$957K
- Nancy LynchSan Mateo$862K
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.