Thomas Wuerz, MD
Sports Medicine · Waltham, MANPI 1619141496
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $291,101 of the $464,311 with a category attached, or 62.7%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 56.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $119,088 and has fallen 54.4% since, to $54,275 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in MA 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 399 payments — averaging $1163.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$263K
- Linvatec Corporation$179K
- Smith+Nephew$17K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$3K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$325
- Exactech, Inc.$314
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$76,26916%
- Consulting fees$291,10163%
- Speaking & faculty fees$24,4005%
- Travel & lodging$51,53211%
- Food & beverage$21,0095%
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) | 221 | $262,627 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 117 | $178,867 |
| Smith+Nephew | 22 | $16,657 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $3,470 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 2 | $325 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 2 | $314 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $240 |
| Conmed Corporation | 3 | $231 |
| Vertex | 4 | $198 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $171 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $168 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $160 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $139 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Banner Surgical Solutions, Inc | 1 | $111 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $83 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $39 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $33 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- LINVATEC HIP PRESERVATION SYSTEM$113,968
- NA$61,145
- PRESSFT$53,879
- SALVATION$34,148
- HIPMAP$27,496
- ICONIX$23,298
- INSIGNIA$18,218
- NANOTACK FLEX$17,198
- HIPCHECK$16,629
- INSPACE$15,233
- CINCHLOCK$14,068
- HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET$10,880
- Accu-pass$6,823
- BIORAPTOR$6,823
- Crosstrac$6,823
- Firstpass$6,823
- Healicoil$6,823
- EZSTART SCREW$5,247
- OMEGA$4,500
- MAKO$4,200
How this compares
$464,311 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 138 sports medicine providers in Massachusetts.
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 sports medicine in Waltham
- Brian BusconiWorcester$684K
- Elizabeth MatzkinBoston$182K
- Thomas GillDedham$168K
- Xinning LiBoston$109K
- Joseph CzarneckiWoburn$93K
- Sarav ShahBrighton$90K
- Miho TanakaBoston$89K
- James OholleranPeabody$82K
- Kai MithoeferDed Ham$64K
- Anthony SchenaBrighton$57K
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.