Timothy Ackerman, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Harrisburg, PANPI 1609879535
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (51.0%), food and beverage and gifts — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novus Surgical Solutions LLC at 58.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,353 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $50 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in PA, where the typical reported total is $3,243.
Across 18 payments — averaging $130.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novus Surgical Solutions LLC$1K
- Smith+Nephew$422
- Arthrex$154
- Novus Surgical Consultants$100
- Medtronic$96
- Microport Orthopedics Inc$55
- plus $155 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$89338%
- Education$1,20051%
- Gifts$26211%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novus Surgical Solutions LLC | 3 | $1,374 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $422 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $154 |
| Novus Surgical Consultants | 2 | $100 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $96 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $55 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $50 |
| ERMI LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Stryker | 1 | $36 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 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.
- VISIONAIRE$262
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$138
- Journey II$138
- POLARSTEM$138
How this compares
$2,355 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 1,048 orthopaedic surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 59 | $2,350 |
| Celecoxib | 56 | $1,431 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 73 | $275 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $159 |
| Meloxicam | 32 | $94 |
| Cephalexin | 76 | $85 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Harrisburg
- Walter PeppelmanHarrisburg$211K
- John GrandrimoHarrisburg$176K
- William HozackBensalem$10.6M
- Jess LonnerBryn Mawr$7.8M
- Gerald WilliamsBryn Mawr$6.8M
- Mark LazarusBensalem$6.4M
- John FenlinPhiladelphia$5.9M
- Peter SharkeyKing Of Prussia$5.7M
- Alexander VaccaroPhiladelphia$4.5M
- Selene ParekhBensalem$4.5M
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.