Andrew Watkins, MD
Hand Surgery · Nellis Afb, NVNPI 1245791250
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (53.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 60.2% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $10,876 and has fallen 64.7% since, to $3,837 in 2025.
Across 90 payments — averaging $208.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$11K
- Stryker$4K
- Trimed, Inc.$2K
- Titan Surgical Group, LLC$1K
- Goode Surgical Inc$510
- Innovation Technologies Inc$50
- plus $15 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$10,00053%
- Travel & lodging$3,74620%
- Food & beverage$3,81920%
- Education$1,2176%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 13 | $11,298 |
| Stryker | 54 | $3,561 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 6 | $2,064 |
| Titan Surgical Group, LLC | 5 | $1,285 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 10 | $510 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $50 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 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.
- Tools - WFS$1,867
- PRO$760
- Actishield$359
- GAMMA$323
- MAKO$167
- AEQUALIS$153
- VARIAX$131
- T2$121
How this compares
$18,782 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 24 hand surgery providers in Nevada.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Nellis Afb
- Colin KennedyNellis Afb$7K
- Alan MicevLas Vegas$53K
- Michael LilyquistReno$46K
- Kevin GolshaniHenderson$32K
- Edward BirdsongCarson City$28K
- James VaheyLas Vegas$8K
- Thomas ChristensenReno$7K
- Jonathan SorelleLas Vegas$7K
- Ajit AmesurLas Vegas$7K
- Nikola BabovicReno$7K
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.