Brian Kerr, MD
Sports Medicine · Traverse City, MINPI 1407940190
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,141 of the $3,201 with a category attached, or 66.9%. Arthrex accounts for 68.2% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,532 and has fallen 95.1% since, to $75 in 2025.
Across 30 payments — averaging $106.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$2K
- Smith+Nephew$699
- Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc$130
- Stryker$51
- Linvatec Corporation$37
- Embody, Inc.$35
- plus $67 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,14167%
- Food & beverage$1,06033%
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 | 17 | $2,182 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $699 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 1 | $130 |
| Stryker | 1 | $51 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $37 |
| Embody, Inc. | 4 | $35 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $31 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Q-FIX$668
- ACCUPASS DIRECT Crescent XL$668
- Suturefix$668
- ARTHREX$131
How this compares
$3,201 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 145 sports medicine providers in Michigan.
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 | 83 | $709 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 19 | $160 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 102 | $156 |
| Omeprazole | 41 | $151 |
| Naproxen | 59 | $147 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $40 |
| Meloxicam | 33 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Traverse City
- Tariq AwanFarmington Hills$113K
- Michael YusafAuburn Hills$101K
- Jack PinneyMidland$67K
- William KestoNovi$62K
- Kendall HamiltonGrand Rapids$61K
- Carl WierksGrand Rapids$59K
- Manuel SchubertYpsilanti$42K
- Hussein SaadDearborn$40K
- Vasilios MoutzourosDetroit$40K
- Stephen LuczakBrighton$39K
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.