Patrick Messerschmitt, MD
Hand Surgery · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1740491273
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $55,250 of the $58,322 with a category attached, or 94.7%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 99.1% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $38,533 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $76 in 2025. Among hand surgery clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 67 payments — averaging $870.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$58K
- Pharmaceutical Business Consultants Limited$400
- Smith+Nephew$37
- Amgen$36
- Medartis Inc.$34
- Medtronic$19
- plus $15 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$55,25095%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4001%
- Travel & lodging$2,0113%
- Food & beverage$6611%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 60 | $57,782 |
| Pharmaceutical Business Consultants Limited | 1 | $400 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $37 |
| Amgen | 2 | $36 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Affixus$35,987
- Alps Elbow$35,000
- Alps Hand$24,750
- DVR Crosslock Plates/Screws/Pegs$20,250
- Alps Prox Tib Plates$18,750
- Trauma Product Portfolio$764
How this compares
$58,322 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 102 | $596 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 81 | $354 |
| Methylprednisolone | 47 | $285 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 25 | $234 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 16 | $227 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 29 | $119 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 35 | $106 |
| Meloxicam | 22 | $73 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 25 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Cincinnati
- Christopher ChenCincinnati$13K
- Peter SternCincinnati$6K
- Michael WigtonCincinnati$3K
- Mohab FoadCincinnati$1K
- Sam KooCincinnati$1K
- Kevin LittleCincinnati$1K
- Kagan OzerCincinnati$573
- Matthew FlorczynskiCincinnati$559
- Mollie ManleyAkron$540K
- Harry HoyenCleveland$330K
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.