Thomas Freeman, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Traverse City, MINPI 1063947406
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (50.4%), food and beverage and gifts — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Shoulder Innovations, Inc. accounts for 86.2% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,594, more than ten times the $151 reported in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MI, where the typical reported total is $3,012.
Across 16 payments — averaging $178.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Shoulder Innovations, Inc.$2K
- Catalyst Orthoscience$119
- Vericel Corporation$110
- Smith+Nephew$41
- Zak Ortho$25
- Boston Scientific$24
- plus $77 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,44250%
- Food & beverage$1,38048%
- Gifts$391%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 7 | $2,465 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $119 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $110 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $41 |
| Zak Ortho | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $24 |
| Vertex | 1 | $23 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $20 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 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.
- InSet System$2,344
- MACI$110
How this compares
$2,861 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 829 orthopaedic surgery providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 80 | $263 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 34 | $154 |
| Meloxicam | 48 | $89 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 26 | $74 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 29 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Traverse City
- Christopher ChuinardTraverse City$1.4M
- Asheesh BediAnn Arbor$9.4M
- Jerome WiaterBeverly Hills$3.9M
- Mark PintoChelsea$3.2M
- Kyle AndersonBingham Farms$3.1M
- Stephen BartolDetroit$2.6M
- Jad KhalilSouthfield$1.9M
- Jeffrey FischgrundSouthfield$1.8M
- John BlahaAnn Arbor$1.5M
- David MarkelSouthfield$1.5M
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.