Robert Strauch, MD
Surgery of the Hand · New York, NYNPI 1639107733
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 30 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Integra Lifesciences Corporation at 24.9% of the total.
Across 30 payments — averaging $102.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$769
- Stryker$700
- Acumed LLC$532
- Johnson & Johnson$274
- Axogen$266
- Kerecis Limited$257
- plus $292 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,089100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 6 | $769 |
| Stryker | 4 | $700 |
| Acumed LLC | 8 | $532 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $274 |
| Axogen | 3 | $266 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $257 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 2 | $121 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- INTEGRA$1,393
- Kerecis SurgiClose$599
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$464
- PRIMATRIX$464
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$427
- ACUMED$252
- INnate Implant$252
- PANGEA$226
- VARIAX$171
- EVOLVE$161
- NEURAGEN$150
- TENOGLIDE$150
- Kerecis GraftGuide$150
- VA-LCP$145
- Anatomic Radial Head System$144
- HOFFMANN$143
- REUNION$143
- XIAFLEX$141
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$140
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$140
How this compares
$3,089 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 40 surgery of the hand providers in New York.
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 Hcl | 12 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery of the hand in New York
- Melvin RosenwasserNew York$613K
- Karan DuaNew York$49K
- Sheel SharmaNew York$9K
- Amy BirnbaumNew York$5K
- Abidemi AdenikinjuNew York$3K
- Rajendra KadiyalaNew York$2K
- David ChiuNew York$2K
- Glenn BeckerNew York$868
- Ignatius RogerNew York$601
- Steven FernNew York$516
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.