Ryan Schmucker, MD
Surgery of the Hand · Columbus, OHNPI 1154685022
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (43.5%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Trimed, Inc. accounts for 69.2% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,247, more than ten times the $312 reported in 2019. Among surgery of the hand 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 42 payments — averaging $438.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Trimed, Inc.$13K
- CDC Medical LLC$2K
- Medartis Inc.$2K
- Axogen$440
- Arthrex$292
- Integrum Inc.$281
- plus $540 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,25018%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,01143%
- Travel & lodging$1,5588%
- Food & beverage$3,21117%
- Education$2,40013%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trimed, Inc. | 20 | $12,758 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 2 | $2,400 |
| Medartis Inc. | 5 | $1,719 |
| Axogen | 3 | $440 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $292 |
| Integrum Inc. | 1 | $281 |
| Acumed LLC | 3 | $255 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $144 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 2 | $95 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $45 |
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.
- Tools - WFS$5,735
- APTUS$1,663
- OPRA Implant System$281
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$256
- Anatomic Radial Head System$160
- Elbow Plating System$160
- A.L.P.S.$144
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$143
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$143
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$143
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$143
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE H&W MINI TIGHTROPES$103
How this compares
$18,430 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 26 surgery of the hand 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.
Other surgery of the hand in Columbus
- John BaileyColumbus$18K
- Arminder KauraColumbus$14K
- Wen XuColumbus$13K
- Andrew ObrienColumbus$8K
- Ronald BrownColumbus$1K
- Desmond StutzmanColumbus$807
- Kyle CheplaCleveland$163K
- Joseph KhouriBeachwood$137K
- Eric JiangLiberty Township$17K
- Haiqiao JiaoAkron$11K
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.