Ryan Hoffman, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · East Providence, RINPI 1225558224
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (46.2%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.8%.
Across 161 payments — averaging $149.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$6K
- Encore Medical, LP$5K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Liberty Surgical Inc.$2K
- FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc$2K
- Shoulder Innovations, Inc.$1K
- plus $5K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,4256%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5006%
- Travel & lodging$11,16546%
- Food & beverage$7,65332%
- Education$2,40010%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 67 | $5,509 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 23 | $5,098 |
| Smith+Nephew | 15 | $2,743 |
| Liberty Surgical Inc. | 2 | $2,400 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $2,053 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 5 | $1,497 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $1,453 |
| Arthrex | 18 | $1,178 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $991 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 10 | $474 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 2 | $296 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $151 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $43 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Biolase, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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.
- DJO SURGICAL$9,190
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$2,962
- ACUFEX Meniscal Root Repair$2,066
- CAP-FIX$1,736
- Healicoil$1,736
- NOVOSTITCH$1,736
- Q-FIX$1,736
- RevoMotion$1,425
- InSet System$1,340
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$438
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$255
- AETOS Shoulder System$252
- CSR & R1 Reverse Total Shoulder Systems$168
- R1 Reverse Total Shoulder$168
- Archer 3D Software$168
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$150
- PRECICE Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System$138
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$133
- Catalyst CSR Shoulder System$128
- R1 Reverse Shoulder System$128
How this compares
$24,143 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 124 orthopaedic surgery providers in Rhode Island.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $93 |
| Meloxicam | 34 | $87 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in East Providence
- Alan DanielsEast Providence$1.9M
- Valentin AntociEast Providence$210K
- Dominic KleinhenzEast Providence$164K
- Bassel DieboEast Providence$138K
- Andrew VegaEast Providence$54K
- Ferras AlbitarEast Providence$53K
- Roy AaronEast Providence$37K
- David TapscottEast Providence$34K
- Darshan ShahEast Providence$13K
- Stephen MarcaccioEast Providence$12K
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.