Paul Smucker, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · South Bend, INNPI 1952380743
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,072 of the $4,277 with a category attached, or 71.8%. Nevro Corp. accounts for 79.5% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,058 and has fallen 72.1% since, to $573 in 2025.
Across 142 payments — averaging $30.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$3K
- Stryker$365
- Globus Medical$287
- Medtronic$179
- Boston Scientific$19
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$15
- plus $10 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,20528%
- Food & beverage$3,07272%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 120 | $3,402 |
| Stryker | 5 | $365 |
| Globus Medical | 10 | $287 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $179 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $19 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$1,172
- mild Device Kit$235
- RESTORE$136
- Senza$130
- Senza II$114
How this compares
$4,277 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 140 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Indiana.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 78 | $769 |
| Gabapentin | 47 | $768 |
| Methocarbamol | 11 | $129 |
| Nabumetone | 21 | $108 |
| Naproxen | 16 | $81 |
| Diazepam | 95 | $67 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $67 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in South Bend
- Rachael Harris SprungerSouth Bend$5K
- Samuel KimmellSouth Bend$2K
- Christopher KetchamSouth Bend$2K
- Amrita PatelSouth Bend$1K
- Paul DesmaraisSouth Bend$803
- Christina WalzFort Wayne$503K
- Shashank DaveIndianapolis$198K
- Sayed WaheziFort Wayne$161K
- Andrew DavissonNew Castle$74K
- Sachin MehtaIndianapolis$60K
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.