Andrew Cornelius, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Jber, AKNPI 1447426424
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (42.1%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 46.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,804 and has fallen 71.7% since, to $511 in 2025.
Across 34 payments — averaging $119.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Summit Surgical Corp.$1K
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$146
- Smith+Nephew$137
- Bone Support Inc.$98
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$89
- plus $277 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1464%
- Travel & lodging$79920%
- Food & beverage$1,71742%
- Education$1,41635%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 18 | $1,914 |
| Summit Surgical Corp. | 3 | $1,417 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $146 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $137 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $75 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $74 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $71 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $28 |
| Genmab U.S., Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Oxford$765
- Persona$276
- Avenir$170
- Juggerknotless Soft Anchor$126
- ROSA$126
- ABSOLUTE BI-POLAR SHOULDER SYSTEM$115
- Z1 HIP SYSTEM$106
How this compares
$4,078 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 63 orthopaedic surgery providers in Alaska.
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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Jber
- Claudia ThomasJber$33K
- John WuellnerJber$4K
- Bryan HaughomAnchorage$179K
- Benjamin PackardAnchorage$40K
- Kenneth ThomasAnchorage$35K
- Charles HaggertyWasilla$33K
- Neal EversonFairbanks$29K
- Erik WoelberJuneau$18K
- Jason GrayAnchorage$17K
- Ian BrimhallAnchorage$17K
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.