Michael Sims, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Greenville, SCNPI 1508278243
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (45.8%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 45.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $12,033 and has fallen 82.3% since, to $2,133 in 2025.
Across 117 payments — averaging $186.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$10K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$4K
- Stryker$3K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$1K
- Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions$1K
- plus $1K from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6003%
- Grants$10,00046%
- Travel & lodging$2,97714%
- Food & beverage$3,46316%
- Education$4,78322%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 1 | $10,000 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 11 | $4,134 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 71 | $2,834 |
| Smith+Nephew | 13 | $1,725 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 10 | $1,085 |
| Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions | 2 | $1,019 |
| Vilex LLC | 1 | $600 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 1 | $134 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $61 |
| Acumed LLC | 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.
- Q-FIX$1,144
- ULTRABUTTON$950
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$932
- LAPIPLASTY SYSTEM 1$600
- ZADEX$600
- PRIME SERIES$361
- RF20000$200
- CellerateRx$145
- ORTHOLOC$139
- PERCUPLASTY TRAY$119
- PROstep$114
- CITREFIX$114
How this compares
$21,822 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 325 orthopaedic surgery providers in South Carolina.
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 | 22 | $132 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $78 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 18 | $63 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 11 | $62 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $48 |
| Meloxicam | 21 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Greenville
- James SpearmanGreenville$58K
- Peter EversonGreenville$41K
- Joshua EskewGreenville$37K
- Steven SwinfordGreenville$35K
- Alexander BurnikelGreenville$27K
- Cory SmithGreenville$24K
- Ethan MaltzGreenville$20K
- Lukas KeilGreenville$19K
- William SmithColumbia$7.7M
- Richard FrischMt Pleasant$1M
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.