Scott Kurtzman
Surgery · Middlebury, CTNPI 1457357451
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 60 payments — averaging $23.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Davol Inc.$132
- CSL Behring$107
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$107
- Johnson & Johnson$83
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$66
- Z-medica, LLC$65
- plus $831 from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$655%
- Food & beverage$1,32695%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $132 |
| CSL Behring | 4 | $107 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $107 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $83 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $66 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 1 | $65 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $60 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $54 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $46 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $41 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| BD | 1 | $34 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $31 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Cequr Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $22 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Vioptix Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,392 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 289 surgery providers in Connecticut.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Anastrozole | 26 | $412 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Middlebury
- Zhongqiu ZhangMiddlebury$83K
- Juan HolguinMiddlebury$13K
- Mark FariesNew Haven$2.6M
- John MortonNew Haven$970K
- Joseph AferzonPortland$712K
- Adrian MaungNew Haven$584K
- Andrew DuffyNew Haven$256K
- Sherard ChiuFairfield$148K
- Nikhilesh SekharFairfield$140K
- Anees ChagparNew Haven$121K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.