Benjamin Packard, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Anchorage, AKNPI 1801328422
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (37.5%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 43.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $20,567 and has fallen 78.2% since, to $4,487 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in AK 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 123 payments — averaging $325.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$17K
- Stryker$8K
- Smith+Nephew$7K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$5K
- Alaska Medical Technologies, LLC$1K
- Acumed LLC$191
- plus $373 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$15,00038%
- Travel & lodging$8,70822%
- Food & beverage$4,51111%
- Education$11,76829%
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 | 45 | $17,268 |
| Stryker | 46 | $8,069 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $7,259 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 6 | $5,334 |
| Alaska Medical Technologies, LLC | 11 | $1,493 |
| Acumed LLC | 4 | $191 |
| Summit Surgical Corp. | 2 | $152 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $94 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $86 |
| Axogen | 1 | $41 |
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
$39,987 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $66 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 12 | $51 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Anchorage
- Bryan HaughomAnchorage$179K
- Kenneth ThomasAnchorage$35K
- Jason GrayAnchorage$17K
- Ian BrimhallAnchorage$17K
- Thomas PaynterAnchorage$14K
- Kevin PaisleyAnchorage$10K
- Daniel CepelaAnchorage$9K
- Lars MatkinAnchorage$9K
- Adam EllisonAnchorage$8K
- Bradley SparksAnchorage$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.