Michael Paczas, MD
Hand Surgery · Mason, OHNPI 1144435553
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $1,200 of the $1,774 with a category attached, or 67.7%. Legacy Ortho LLC accounts for 67.7% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,200 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $18 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for hand surgery clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $2,190.
Across 14 payments — averaging $126.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Legacy Ortho LLC$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$215
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$143
- Johnson & Johnson$103
- Stryker$94
- Endo USA, Inc.$18
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$57432%
- Education$1,20068%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $215 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $143 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $103 |
| Stryker | 3 | $94 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$143
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$143
- PRIMATRIX$143
- IDRT$143
- FLOWABLE$143
- DVR Crosslock Plates/Screws/Pegs$121
- Alps Hand$121
- MAX VPC Screw System$121
How this compares
$1,774 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 88 hand surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 97 | $376 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 95 | $366 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 97 | $196 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 30 | $141 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 16 | $82 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $46 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $40 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Mason
- Mollie ManleyAkron$540K
- Harry HoyenCleveland$330K
- Joseph StyronCleveland$197K
- H Brent BambergerDayton$100K
- Youssra MarjouaCleveland$93K
- Raymond WurapaGahanna$74K
- Amy SpeeckaertColumbus$61K
- Patrick MesserschmittCincinnati$58K
- Adam DannDayton$49K
- Kevin MaloneCleveland$39K
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.