Bernard Kemker, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Rocky Mount, NCNPI 1558774794
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (52.1%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Encore Medical, LP at 59.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,762, 2.0 times the $3,855 reported in 2019.
Across 52 payments — averaging $254.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Encore Medical, LP$8K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- Stryker$782
- Zimmer Biomet$194
- Johnson & Johnson$127
- Smith+Nephew$110
- plus $489 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,70336%
- Travel & lodging$6,89452%
- Food & beverage$1,62812%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Encore Medical, LP | 11 | $7,889 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $3,634 |
| Stryker | 7 | $782 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $194 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $127 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $110 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $88 |
| UOC USA Inc | 1 | $81 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $40 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Vertex | 1 | $21 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $13 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $13 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- ATTUNE$3,544
- ACTIS$3,423
- INSIGNIA$591
- DJO SURGICAL$363
- Knees Product Portfolio$150
- TFN ADVANCED$103
- CANNULATED SCREWS$103
How this compares
Too few adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in North Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 379 | $6,743 |
| Lidocaine | 31 | $2,701 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 16 | $1,735 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 127 | $722 |
| Meloxicam | 50 | $339 |
| Pregabalin | 42 | $301 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $151 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 24 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Rocky Mount
- David PollockBermuda Run$4.8M
- Thorsten SeylerDurham$2.2M
- Adam BrekkeDurham$86K
- John ShieldsWinston Salem$78K
- Andrew SchwartzDurham$75K
- Jason NorcrossHickory$55K
- Eric DilboneMorrisville$28K
- Walter FruehWilmington$26K
- David CaseyPinehurst$20K
- Charles LongHendersonville$18K
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.