Brandee Black, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Kailua, HINPI 1477864429
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.9%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 29.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,702 and has fallen 76.0% since, to $408 in 2025.
Across 66 payments — averaging $69.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$1K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$285
- Stryker$253
- Trimed, Inc.$213
- Zimmer Biomet$187
- plus $984 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,97343%
- Food & beverage$2,51355%
- Education$902%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 10 | $1,357 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $1,298 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 19 | $285 |
| Stryker | 6 | $253 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 4 | $213 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $187 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $171 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $131 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $122 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $122 |
| Abbott | 1 | $88 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $75 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $31 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $26 |
| Elevate Surgical Co | 1 | $25 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Avanos Medical | 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.
- OVOMotion$1,298
- Legion Revision$801
- Journey II BCS$798
- POLARSTEM$798
- COMPREHENSIVE$187
- Navio Surgical System$150
- REDAPT Revision Hip System$126
- PREVENA$125
- Stimulan$115
How this compares
$4,576 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 83 orthopaedic surgery providers in Hawaii.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 27 | $306 |
| Meloxicam | 40 | $264 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $123 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $109 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Kailua
- Robert MedoffKailua$28.8M
- Devin GaneshKailua$1K
- David RovinskyLihue$1.1M
- Cass NakasoneHonolulu$957K
- Darin AwayaHonolulu$445K
- Christian KikuchiHonolulu$142K
- Paul MortonHonolulu$83K
- Gary OkamuraHonolulu$69K
- Andrew RichardsonHonolulu$55K
- Kyle MitsunagaHonolulu$52K
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.