RxDoctor Payments Data

Alexander Kelsheimer, DO

Hand Surgery · Holland, MINPI 1356723712

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — education (48.4%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Elite Orthopedics, LLC at 41.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $10,901 and has fallen 77.9% since, to $2,413 in 2025. Among hand surgery clinicians in MI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$30,222in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 155 payments — averaging $194.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Elite Orthopedics, LLC$12K
  • Arthrex$7K
  • Medacta USA, Inc.$3K
  • Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
  • Trimed, Inc.$2K
  • Zimmer Biomet$852
  • plus $3K from 16 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$6232%
  • Travel & lodging$8,57428%
  • Food & beverage$6,26421%
  • Education$14,63948%
  • Entertainment$1220%

General payments by program year

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25

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Elite Orthopedics, LLC27$12,423
Arthrex44$6,961
Medacta USA, Inc.25$2,589
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.14$2,486
Trimed, Inc.3$1,973
Zimmer Biomet7$852
Zak Ortho5$653
Axogen5$465
Acumed LLC1$399
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.6$299
Stryker4$254
Skeletal Dynamics Inc2$187
Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc1$140
Merck1$104
Globus Medical1$98
AbbVie1$98
Smith+Nephew1$80
MVP Orthopedics Inc1$56
Orthofix Medical, Inc.3$30
Johnson & Johnson1$28
Endo USA, Inc.1$28
Sonex Health, Inc.1$19

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.

How this compares

$30,222 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 55 hand surgery providers in Michigan.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$55,965
Medicare patients
134
Services billed
667

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen20$150
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen38$138
Methylprednisolone12$72

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other hand surgery in Holland

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