Michael Schmitz
Orthopaedic Surgery · Atlanta, GANPI 1083693659
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $144,045 of the $162,064 with a category attached, or 88.9%. Stryker accounts for 77.4% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $44,635, 2.2 times the $20,209 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in GA 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 118 payments — averaging $1373.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$125K
- VB Spine LLC$33K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$3K
- Smith+Nephew$148
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$95
- Medtronic$72
- plus $54 from 3 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $1942.50 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$144,04589%
- Travel & lodging$15,3099%
- Food & beverage$2,7102%
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 | 102 | $125,362 |
| VB Spine LLC | 6 | $33,408 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $2,925 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $148 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 2 | $95 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $72 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $26 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $25 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 1 | $3 |
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.
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$46,672
- AIRO$41,600
- XIA 3$31,906
- SERRATO$29,003
- XIA$22,954
- TRITANIUM$19,320
- N/A$14,513
- NILE ALTERNATIVE FIXATION SYSTEM$13,650
- AVS NAVIGATOR$13,650
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$13,650
- EVEREST$5,000
- MESA RAIL$3,500
- MESA SMALL STATURE SYSTEM$3,500
- NILE$1,500
- MESA$1,500
- SONOPET IQ$1,500
- NA$876
- TRIATHLON$697
- STRYKER NAV3$375
- PICO Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy$148
How this compares
$162,064 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 654 orthopaedic surgery providers in Georgia.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Atlanta
- Daniel SilcoxAtlanta$3.4M
- Dennis DevitoAtlanta$1.5M
- Erroll BaileyAtlanta$536K
- Hardeep SinghAtlanta$451K
- Jorge FabregasAtlanta$421K
- Ezequiel CassinelliAtlanta$225K
- Timothy OswaldAtlanta$220K
- Samuel WillimonAtlanta$109K
- Walter McClellandAtlanta$106K
- Fred FinneyAtlanta$75K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.