Michael Kuehne, PA
Surgical · Toledo, OHNPI 1306849146
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.8%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Atricure, Inc. accounts for 78.2% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $14,122 and has fallen 76.4% since, to $3,331 in 2025. Among surgical clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 192 payments — averaging $184.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$28K
- Medtronic$7K
- LSI Solutions Inc$268
- Abiomed$160
- Johnson & Johnson$108
- AstraZeneca$59
- plus $151 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,60050%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,05317%
- Travel & lodging$7,63622%
- Food & beverage$3,97611%
- Education$990%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 92 | $27,641 |
| Medtronic | 81 | $6,975 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 3 | $268 |
| Abiomed | 6 | $160 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $108 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $59 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $45 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $35 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 1 | $20 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $17 |
| Solventum Corporation | 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.
How this compares
$35,363 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 294 surgical 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.
Other surgical in Toledo
- Timothy McCoyToledo$5K
- Nicole McBrierToledo$2K
- Andrew BakerColumbus$102K
- Joseph EhrhardCincinnati$14K
- Leigha GarringerColumbus$13K
- Brian StevensLorain$13K
- Anne KrogerDayton$10K
- James SabettaAkron$9K
- Monica SedmakCincinnati$7K
- Kerry NieDayton$7K
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.