Ann Golden, MD
Hand Surgery · Dallas, TXNPI 1689633026
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (49.7%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Skeletal Dynamics Inc accounts for 97.9% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $52,455 and has fallen 63.2% since, to $19,314 in 2025. Among hand surgery clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 62 payments — averaging $1720.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$104K
- Axogen$1K
- Synthes GmbH$500
- Stryker$219
- TELA Bio, Inc.$106
- Kerecis Limited$34
- plus $79 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$53,00050%
- Travel & lodging$3,7063%
- Food & beverage$1,9522%
- Education$48,00045%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 22 | $104,446 |
| Axogen | 30 | $1,274 |
| Synthes GmbH | 1 | $500 |
| Stryker | 4 | $219 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $34 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $21 |
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.
- Geminus$104,316
- Align$104,316
- IJS$104,316
- Implate$104,316
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$253
- GAMMA$148
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$120
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$120
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$120
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$120
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$106
How this compares
$106,658 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 170 hand surgery providers in Texas.
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 hand surgery in Dallas
- Daniel KoehlerDallas$208K
- Kimberly MezeraDallas$39K
- Christopher MiskovskyDallas$31K
- David RingAustin$536K
- Kourosh JafarniaHouston$278K
- Brendan MackayLubbock$274K
- John FaillaceWoodway$212K
- Timothy NiacarisArlington$160K
- Steven NiedermeierArlington$152K
- William PientkaFort Worth$113K
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.