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Robert Westermann, M.D.

NPI 1841585239ActiveIndividual· Orthopaedic Surgery· Iowa City, IA

Orthopaedic Surgery (M.D.) in Iowa City, Iowa, trained at University of Washington School of Medicine (class of 2011). Medicare paid $15,930 for services to 30 patients in 2024. Smith+nephew, Inc. was the largest of 10 companies reporting payments in 2025, $73,647 in all, mostly consulting fees.

Overview

NPI1841585239
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialM.D.
Sole proprietorYes
NPI issuedJun 13, 2011
Last updated in NPPESMar 24, 2025
Certified by providerMar 24, 2025

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Orthopaedic Surgery Primary207X00000XMD-44127IA

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 10, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Orthopedic Surgery (IA)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients30
Services billed78 across 23 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$15,930

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolUniversity of Washington School of Medicine
Graduation year2011
Medicare specialtyOrthopedic Surgery
Secondary specialtiesSports Medicine

Medical groups

Hospital affiliation

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$73,647 · 79 payments from 10 companies
  • 2024$22,064 · 42 payments from 6 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Smith+nephew, Inc.$64,90852
Synthes Gmbh$4,0925
Responsive Arthroscopy Inc$2,4487
Davol Inc.$1,1031
Stryker Corporation$667.649

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Consulting Fee$46,016 · 11 payments
  • Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$11,700 · 1 payment
  • Travel and Lodging$9,034 · 22 payments
  • Food and Beverage$3,481 · 42 payments
  • Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$2,000 · 1 payment
  • Honoraria$1,103 · 1 payment
  • Royalty or License$314.40 · 1 payment

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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