Michael Fritz, MD
Otolaryngology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1811952880
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 40 payments — averaging $96.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$367
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$261
- Checkpoint Surgical, Inc$217
- Polynovo North America LLC$154
- Smith+Nephew$147
- plus $893 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,856100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 19 | $1,817 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 6 | $367 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $261 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 2 | $217 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $154 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $147 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $146 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $144 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $142 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $108 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $85 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $69 |
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.
- NA$1,261
- VSP SYSTEM, VSP CRANIAL$589
- INTEGRA$388
- PATIENT-FITTED TMJ RECONSTRUCTIVE PROSTHESIS SYSTEM$285
- Restrata Wound Matrix$261
- Novosorb BTM$154
- SMARTLOCK$149
- Flexitouch Plus$144
- ENTRE$144
- HOPKINS II TELESCOPE 0, 2MM X 26CM$142
- N/A$131
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$129
- PRIMATRIX$129
- ENT Sinus$127
- LIBTAYO$125
- Checkpoint Stimulators$123
- RECELL$108
How this compares
$3,856 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 380 otolaryngology providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 22 | $366 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Cleveland
- Raj SindwaniCleveland$626K
- Mark MehleCleveland$403K
- Cameron WickCleveland$401K
- Troy WoodardCleveland$392K
- Sanjeet RangarajanCleveland$113K
- Mohamad ChaabanCleveland$65K
- Rod RezaeeCleveland$54K
- Michael BenningerCleveland$32K
- Nelson HowardCleveland$21K
- Kyra OsborneCleveland$14K
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.