Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-06-30 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

MICHAEL KUHN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine

NPI
1063525509
CMS profile
139227
Location
MIDDLETOWN, CT

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$200,980.34

  • Reported across 134 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$116,643.21

61 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program $81,300.00 18
Travel and Lodging $20,066.17 24
Consulting Fee $13,950.00 6
Food and Beverage $1,327.04 13

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Vericel Corporation $116,621.75 60
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $21.46 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $885.40 15
PY2020 $3,941.28 9
PY2021 $6,057.00 4
PY2022 $356.93 4
PY2023 $10,816.01 9
PY2024 $62,280.51 32
PY2025 $116,643.21 61

Payment records · PY2025 (61)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2025 201920202021202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $21.46 05/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246245895 CMS
Vericel Corporation $5,500.00 01/02/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167324 CMS
Vericel Corporation $207.46 01/31/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167340 CMS
Vericel Corporation $303.01 02/01/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167337 CMS
Vericel Corporation $193.61 02/01/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167349 CMS
Vericel Corporation $1,992.60 02/11/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167353 CMS
Vericel Corporation $7,200.00 02/11/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167356 CMS
Vericel Corporation $700.00 02/12/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167303 CMS
Vericel Corporation $26.74 02/13/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167399 CMS
Vericel Corporation $3,500.00 02/13/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167408 CMS
Vericel Corporation $38.43 02/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167419 CMS
Vericel Corporation $2,505.60 03/13/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167384 CMS
Vericel Corporation $1,245.96 04/10/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167327 CMS
Vericel Corporation $5,500.00 04/10/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167331 CMS
Vericel Corporation $364.77 04/10/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167344 CMS
Vericel Corporation $188.91 04/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167387 CMS
Vericel Corporation $215.30 04/12/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167375 CMS
Vericel Corporation $183.99 04/12/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167379 CMS
Vericel Corporation $270.07 04/28/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167415 CMS
Vericel Corporation $7,200.00 04/28/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167421 CMS
Vericel Corporation $509.37 04/28/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167425 CMS
Vericel Corporation $247.48 04/28/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167433 CMS
Vericel Corporation $49.52 04/28/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167436 CMS
Vericel Corporation $46.93 04/30/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167370 CMS
Vericel Corporation $840.00 05/16/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167362 CMS
Vericel Corporation $550.00 05/18/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167312 CMS
Vericel Corporation $3,100.00 05/18/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167315 CMS
Vericel Corporation $600.00 05/18/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167320 CMS
Vericel Corporation $700.00 05/29/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167395 CMS
Vericel Corporation $5,500.00 05/30/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167367 CMS
Vericel Corporation $1,400.00 06/05/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167440 CMS
Vericel Corporation $2,800.00 06/10/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167403 CMS
Vericel Corporation $753.28 06/28/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167391 CMS
Vericel Corporation $4,036.40 06/28/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167412 CMS
Vericel Corporation $7,200.00 06/28/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167428 CMS
Vericel Corporation $733.96 07/21/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167465 CMS
Vericel Corporation $155.78 07/25/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167472 CMS
Vericel Corporation $134.47 07/26/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167475 CMS
Vericel Corporation $98.33 07/26/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167479 CMS
Vericel Corporation $258.65 08/16/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167444 CMS
Vericel Corporation $206.64 08/16/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167448 CMS
Vericel Corporation $712.36 08/16/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167452 CMS
Vericel Corporation $7,200.00 08/16/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167456 CMS
Vericel Corporation $19.41 08/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167483 CMS
Vericel Corporation $456.06 08/22/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167461 CMS
Vericel Corporation $6,000.00 09/18/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167468 CMS
Vericel Corporation $1,400.00 10/13/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167511 CMS
Vericel Corporation $3.50 10/13/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167534 CMS
Vericel Corporation $7,200.00 11/05/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167518 CMS
Vericel Corporation $1,062.80 11/05/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167530 CMS
Vericel Corporation $87.12 11/07/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167487 CMS
Vericel Corporation $4.78 11/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167491 CMS
Vericel Corporation $5,500.00 11/10/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167507 CMS
Vericel Corporation $793.92 11/10/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167537 CMS
Vericel Corporation $2,392.34 12/01/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167515 CMS
Vericel Corporation $5,500.00 12/01/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167526 CMS
Vericel Corporation $3,500.00 12/08/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167307 CMS
Vericel Corporation $1,400.00 12/11/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167496 CMS
Vericel Corporation $3,300.00 12/11/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167499 CMS
Vericel Corporation $2,800.00 12/11/2025 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167503 CMS
Vericel Corporation $32.20 12/11/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248167522 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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