Physician profile
Ron Dean Schechter
NPI 1972575264
$18,784.79
in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025
12 companies · $138 in 2025
The $138 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Orthopaedic Surgery provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $569).
Payments by year
General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.
General payments by year: 2019: $1,570 · 2020: $295 · 2021: $78.88 · 2022: $100 · 2023: $16K · 2024: $984 · 2025: $138.
What the payments were for
Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.
Travel and Lodging: $16K · Food and Beverage: $1,116.
View as a table
| Payment type | Amount (2023-2025) |
|---|---|
| Travel and Lodging | $15,624.54 |
| Food and Beverage | $1,116.10 |
Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.
Who reported paying
General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limacorporate S.P.A. | $14,728.62 | 2023 | Lantern Surgical Assistant |
| Microport Orthopedics INC | $1,571.30 | 2019-2025 | Mpo Medial Pivot Knee |
| Encore Medical, LP | $890.87 | 2024 | Djo Surgical |
| Lima USA, INC. | $501.04 | 2023 | Lantern Surgical Assistant |
| Stryker Corporation | $471.09 | 2021-2025 | Blueprint Patient Specific Instrumentation, Variax, T2 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics INC. | $294.87 | 2020-2023 | |
| Djo, LLC | $199.44 | 2021-2025 | Cmf |
| Medtronic, INC. | $32.29 | 2024 | Signia |
| Innovation Technologies INC | $31.86 | 2025 | Irrisept |
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | $26.99 | 2025 | |
| Smith+Nephew, INC. | $22.21 | 2019 | |
| Amgen INC. | $14.21 | 2020 |
Drugs and devices associated with these payments
CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.
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- "What made you choose this particular treatment for my situation?"
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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.