Brian Chenoweth, MD
Hand Surgery · Oklahoma City, OKNPI 1558623934
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (44.2%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 26.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,267 and has fallen 75.8% since, to $1,032 in 2025.
Across 84 payments — averaging $133.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Pylant Medical$2K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$2K
- Axogen$1K
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$876
- Stryker$459
- plus $2K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4094%
- Travel & lodging$1,79316%
- Food & beverage$4,96544%
- Education$4,06936%
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 | 15 | $3,024 |
| Pylant Medical | 8 | $2,297 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 13 | $1,761 |
| Axogen | 14 | $1,074 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 11 | $876 |
| Stryker | 4 | $459 |
| Acumed LLC | 4 | $413 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 4 | $360 |
| Newclip USA LLC | 1 | $273 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $207 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 3 | $201 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $153 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $81 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 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.
- AMIStem H Femoral Stems$849
- Kerecis SurgiClose$829
- Shoulder System$589
- Geminus$556
- Align$556
- IJS$556
- Implate$556
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$531
- ACUMED$437
- Restrata Wound Matrix$308
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$240
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$240
- Kerecis GraftGuide$207
- ALLOWRAP$168
- 4FUSION$168
- Ascension$141
- NUGRIP CMC IMPLANT SYSTEM$141
- Hat-Trick$141
- REVERSE SHOULDER$138
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$129
How this compares
$11,237 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 26 hand surgery providers in Oklahoma.
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 | 25 | $209 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Oklahoma City
- Clayton NelsonOklahoma City$22K
- David RushOklahoma City$15K
- Thomas LehmanOklahoma City$5K
- Yuri LansingerOklahoma City$5K
- Richard RuffinOklahoma City$4K
- Ashley CogarOklahoma City$3K
- Shawhin ShahriariOklahoma City$2K
- Greg HalkoOklahoma City$2K
- Mark ShreveOklahoma City$859
- Harold YocumOklahoma City$743
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.