Scot Miller, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Akron, OHNPI 1861574196
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.2%), ownership interests and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. at 43.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $188,089 and has fallen 82.5% since, to $32,938 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 51 payments — averaging $7924.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$175K
- Wishbone Medical Inc.$148K
- Carbofix Spine Inc$41K
- Spineart USA Inc$13K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$13K
- Zimmer Biomet$6K
- plus $7K from 6 others
Across 22 payments — averaging $5134.43 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.
- Carbofix Spine Inc$113K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$6,1382%
- Consulting fees$223,02955%
- Travel & lodging$25,4006%
- Food & beverage$1,5030%
- Ownership interest$148,08937%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 5 | $175,000 |
| Wishbone Medical Inc. | 2 | $148,089 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 2 | $40,863 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 13 | $13,486 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 3 | $13,411 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $6,138 |
| Innovasis Inc | 4 | $3,679 |
| Medtronic | 13 | $2,242 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 5 | $1,005 |
| Amgen | 1 | $120 |
| Back 2 Basics Direct, LLC | 1 | $112 |
| Globus Medical | 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.
- Magellan$80,000
- Influx$30,000
- GMK SPHERE$8,427
- SCARLET AC-T$7,166
- Zyston Interbody$6,138
- Perla TL$6,105
- MYSPINE$4,984
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,929
- Da Vinci Surgical System$986
How this compares
$404,159 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 64 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Ohio.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Akron
- Keegan ConryAkron$86K
- Bradley InkrottAkron$83K
- Eric NeumannAkron$9K
- Douglas EhrlerAkron$3K
- Gordon PrestonAkron$2K
- Matthew JaykelAkron$2K
- Ashok BiyaniToledo$1.2M
- Jason SavageCleveland$735K
- Jerold GurleyCleveland$649K
- Paul EichenseerWesterville$369K
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.