Michael Burton
Orthopaedic Surgery · Morton Grove, ILNPI 1609335538
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (44.1%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medwest Associates at 26.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,130 and has fallen 92.1% since, to $247 in 2025.
Across 68 payments — averaging $138.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medwest Associates$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$906
- Stryker$852
- Acumed LLC$836
- Johnson & Johnson$609
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5756%
- Travel & lodging$2,28824%
- Food & beverage$4,14644%
- Education$2,40026%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medwest Associates | 8 | $2,528 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $1,331 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 5 | $906 |
| Stryker | 15 | $852 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $836 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $609 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 7 | $503 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $286 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $263 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $247 |
| Axogen | 2 | $237 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $162 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $146 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $142 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $111 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $108 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 1 | $17 |
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$2,508
- OsteoMed$1,672
- INTEGRA$545
- NA$441
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$438
- TROCH NAIL$286
- EVO Retrograde$286
- Proximal Tibia Plate$286
- Distal Femur Plate System$286
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$237
- TFN-Advance$212
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$182
- PRIMATRIX$182
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$173
- Ankle Compression Nailing System$167
- TrueLok$167
- Restrata Wound Matrix$162
- MAKO$149
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$146
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$146
How this compares
$9,409 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 844 orthopaedic surgery providers in Illinois.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Morton Grove
- Wayne GoldsteinMorton Grove$4.9M
- Ritesh ShahMorton Grove$2.3M
- Rajeev GarapatiMorton Grove$319K
- Steven MardjetkoMorton Grove$288K
- Peter BonuttiEffingham$24.3M
- Steven HaddadGlenview$12.6M
- Aaron RosenbergChicago$12.4M
- Treg BrownHerrin$6.6M
- Steven ChudikWestmont$4.1M
- Matthew SquireAurora$2.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.