Timothy Kremchek, MD
Sports Medicine · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1467442335
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (56.4%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 79.4% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $15,729, 2.8 times the $5,714 reported in 2019.
Across 76 payments — averaging $364.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$22K
- Stryker$4K
- RTI Surgical, Inc$750
- Legacy Ortho LLC$662
- CDC Medical LLC$348
- Zimmer Biomet$155
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,77528%
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,60056%
- Travel & lodging$1,9837%
- Food & beverage$2,3128%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 58 | $21,976 |
| Stryker | 10 | $3,777 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $750 |
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 4 | $662 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 1 | $348 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $155 |
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.
- 1688$2,613
- Pre-Sutured Tendon$750
- SDC3$550
- HIPMAP$161
- Tricera Handpiece$150
- Juggerknotless Soft Anchor$150
- INSPACE$138
- AIR$138
How this compares
$27,669 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 278 sports medicine providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 15 | $8,782 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 88 | $856 |
| Meloxicam | 229 | $461 |
| Cephalexin | 83 | $205 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 36 | $63 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 24 | $51 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 28 | $46 |
| Amoxicillin | 59 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Cincinnati
- Vincent SammarcoCincinnati$361K
- Melissa SummersCincinnati$89K
- Brian GraweCincinnati$50K
- George MaticCincinnati$22K
- Michelle AndrewsCincinnati$22K
- Ian RiceCincinnati$14K
- Samir SharrakCincinnati$12K
- David FlaniganColumbus$915K
- Thomas EllisDublin$427K
- Paul SaluanCleveland$367K
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.