Paul Miller, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Germantown, WINPI 1427088533
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Great Lakes Orthopedics at 51.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,268 and has fallen 65.5% since, to $438 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in WI, where the typical reported total is $2,708.
Across 14 payments — averaging $174.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Great Lakes Orthopedics$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$738
- Stryker$311
- Vericel Corporation$92
- KCI USA, Inc.$24
- Abbott$19
Across 2 payments — averaging $10,565 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.
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$21K
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$350
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,09645%
- Education$1,35355%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Orthopedics | 1 | $1,268 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $738 |
| Stryker | 3 | $311 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $92 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Abbott | 1 | $19 |
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.
How this compares
$2,449 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 498 orthopaedic surgery providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 36 | $375 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 74 | $302 |
| Prednisone | 22 | $62 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $56 |
| Amoxicillin | 27 | $33 |
| Meloxicam | 24 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Germantown
- Robert ChurchillGrafton$7.7M
- Richard IllgenMadison$6.1M
- Jeffrey McLaughlinOshkosh$2M
- Clifford TribusMadison$1.4M
- Thomas ZdeblickMadison$1.1M
- Justin MitchellOnalaska$666K
- Christopher BibboStevens Point$615K
- Robert LimoniAppleton$514K
- Paul AndersonVerona$456K
- Shawn HenniganAppleton$455K
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.