Michael Shindle, MD
Sports Medicine · Wayne, NJNPI 1952578627
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 39 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 25.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $523 and has fallen 57.4% since, to $223 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for sports medicine clinicians in NJ, where the typical reported total is $1,237.
Across 39 payments — averaging $35.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$359
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$214
- Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.$189
- Smith+Nephew$157
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$137
- Zimmer Biomet$65
- plus $264 from 7 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $20,000 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Gramercy Extremity Orthopedics LLC$140K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,387100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $359 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $214 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $189 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $157 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 2 | $137 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $65 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $44 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
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.
- Medical Device$129
- FMS$125
- GRYPHON$125
How this compares
$1,387 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 221 sports medicine providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fentanyl | 11 | $795 |
| Meloxicam | 288 | $702 |
| Methylprednisolone | 66 | $413 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 55 | $366 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 51 | $159 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Wayne
- Jonathan RothWayne$46K
- Tony WanichWayne$26K
- Ahmad BadriWayne$16K
- Matthew BassanWayne$9K
- Sean McMillanBurlington$1.8M
- Nicholas JarmonFreehold$277K
- Thomas YoumEnglewood$221K
- Stephen HuntCedar Knolls$76K
- David PorterHackensack$63K
- Francis AlbertaHackensack$61K
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.