Michael Hewitt, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Aurora, CONPI 1164489597
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $1,614 of the $2,247 with a category attached, or 71.8%. Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC accounts for 74.7% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,806 and has fallen 88.8% since, to $203 in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CO, where the typical reported total is $5,294.
Across 20 payments — averaging $112.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$176
- Smith+Nephew$173
- Stryker$147
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$26
- Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.$16
- plus $29 from 2 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $12,513 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Spinal Surgical Strategies, Inc.$50K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$63328%
- Education$1,61472%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 3 | $1,679 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $176 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $173 |
| Stryker | 3 | $147 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
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.
How this compares
$2,247 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 383 orthopaedic surgery providers in Colorado.
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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Aurora
- Adam SeidlAurora$363K
- Joel MattaVail$21M
- Douglas DennisDenver$16.8M
- Brian HaasDenver$5.1M
- Theodore SchlegelGreenwood Village$5M
- Charlie YangDenver$3.6M
- Robert GreenhowLone Tree$2.8M
- David LoucksLone Tree$2.7M
- Robert BessGreenwood Village$1.8M
- Bharat DesaiGolden$1.4M
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.