Theodore Wolfson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Danbury, CTNPI 1639580665
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (40.7%), consulting fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 37.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $37,452 and has fallen 63.0% since, to $13,846 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CT 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 169 payments — averaging $509.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$32K
- Arthrex$23K
- Acumed LLC$15K
- Smith+Nephew$12K
- Encore Medical, LP$2K
- Medwest Associates$1K
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$23,70028%
- Grants$35,00041%
- Travel & lodging$7,9219%
- Food & beverage$6,8508%
- Education$12,57315%
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(2 entities) | 83 | $32,387 |
| Arthrex | 43 | $22,903 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $15,033 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $11,846 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 2 | $1,555 |
| Medwest Associates | 2 | $1,083 |
| Polaris Technology Solutions LLC | 3 | $288 |
| Vericel Corporation | 3 | $183 |
| BREG, Inc | 1 | $125 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $124 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 8 | $112 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $78 |
| Vertex | 3 | $74 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 2 | $74 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $71 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $55 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
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.
- ALPHAVENT$5,860
- FLEXIBLE GUIDE PIN (STRYKER ACL VERSITOMIC)$4,800
- NA$4,000
- NANOTACK FLEX$3,000
- ICONIX$2,407
- INSPACE$2,003
- 1788$1,767
- SPY-PHI SYSTEM$1,600
- TRIATHLON$1,600
- GMRS$1,600
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$1,500
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Reverse$1,500
- BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM$1,414
- PROCINCH$634
- SALVATION$490
- OMEGA$387
- CINCHLOCK$387
- HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET$329
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$320
- MAKO$314
How this compares
$86,044 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 273 orthopaedic surgery providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cefadroxil | 11 | $407 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 47 | $307 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 72 | $223 |
| Gabapentin | 31 | $202 |
| Ibuprofen | 58 | $198 |
| Methylprednisolone | 27 | $192 |
| Meloxicam | 86 | $175 |
| Methocarbamol | 18 | $125 |
| Prednisone | 49 | $106 |
| Mupirocin | 15 | $97 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 24 | $74 |
| Amoxicillin | 14 | $18 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Danbury
- Robert DeveneyDanbury$907K
- Jacob ModestDanbury$43K
- Abiola AtandaDanbury$27K
- Peter WhangNew Haven$1.8M
- Paul SethiGreenwich$1.5M
- James YueShelton$1.3M
- James PaceFarmington$721K
- Isaac MossFarmington$676K
- David FrumbergNew Haven$288K
- John KeggiMiddlebury$264K
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.