Michael Curtin, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Boise, IDNPI 1447206065
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.8%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. UOC USA Inc accounts for 61.9% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $13,824 and has fallen 81.4% since, to $2,566 in 2025.
Across 95 payments — averaging $346.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UOC USA Inc$20K
- Arthrex$7K
- Steelhead Surgical Inc$2K
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$1K
- Sawtooth Surgical Solutions Inc$1K
- Stryker$951
- plus $561 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,05052%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,00012%
- Travel & lodging$6,13919%
- Food & beverage$3,29610%
- Education$2,4007%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UOC USA Inc | 19 | $20,366 |
| Arthrex | 18 | $6,660 |
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 6 | $2,263 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 3 | $1,053 |
| Sawtooth Surgical Solutions Inc | 10 | $1,030 |
| Stryker | 23 | $951 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $189 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $140 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 3 | $99 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $60 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $15 |
| Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- System One$10,101
- Shoulder$4,995
- N/A$2,600
- Tru Axis$541
- Tri Axis$502
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$150
- INSPACE$135
- System One Shoulder$125
How this compares
$32,885 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 139 orthopaedic surgery providers in Idaho.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 71 | $674 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 38 | $525 |
| Celecoxib | 15 | $450 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 32 | $307 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 33 | $197 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 33 | $118 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 22 | $85 |
| Amoxicillin | 59 | $85 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Boise
- Richard MooreBoise$7.4M
- Roman SchwartsmanBoise$358K
- Jeffry MenznerBoise$194K
- Christopher HiroseBoise$182K
- Joseph LynchBoise$140K
- Tracye LawyerBoise$129K
- Jared JohnsonBoise$82K
- Andrew CurranBoise$34K
- Ronald KristensenBoise$29K
- Ryan ApplonieBoise$25K
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.