Michael Morris, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Traverse City, MINPI 1942564489
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (41.8%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Trimed, Inc. accounts for 67.3% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,855 and has fallen 98.3% since, to $32 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MI, where the typical reported total is $3,012.
Across 12 payments — averaging $215.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Trimed, Inc.$2K
- Arthrex$681
- Arthrosurface Incorporated$73
- Si-bone, Inc.$45
- Axogen$17
- Trice Medical, Inc.$15
- plus $14 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$85233%
- Food & beverage$1,07942%
- Education$65125%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trimed, Inc. | 4 | $1,737 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $681 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $73 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Axogen | 1 | $17 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$2,582 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 829 orthopaedic surgery providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 24 | $110 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Traverse City
- Christopher ChuinardTraverse City$1.4M
- Asheesh BediAnn Arbor$9.4M
- Jerome WiaterBeverly Hills$3.9M
- Mark PintoChelsea$3.2M
- Kyle AndersonBingham Farms$3.1M
- Stephen BartolDetroit$2.6M
- Jad KhalilSouthfield$1.9M
- Jeffrey FischgrundSouthfield$1.8M
- John BlahaAnn Arbor$1.5M
- David MarkelSouthfield$1.5M
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.