Brian Kindred, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Overland Park, KSNPI 1366435778
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (58.1%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Conformis, Inc. accounts for 86.2% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $10,383 and has fallen 86.1% since, to $1,441 in 2025.
Across 67 payments — averaging $275.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Conformis, Inc.$16K
- Restor3d, Inc.$1K
- Catalyst Orthoscience$308
- Johnson & Johnson$204
- Zimmer Biomet$148
- Medacta USA, Inc.$91
- plus $357 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,73458%
- Travel & lodging$5,64431%
- Food & beverage$2,10411%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Conformis, Inc. | 34 | $15,926 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 9 | $1,449 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $308 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $204 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $148 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $88 |
| Stryker | 2 | $72 |
| Maxx Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $66 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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
$18,483 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 197 orthopaedic surgery providers in Kansas.
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 | 49 | $828 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 56 | $446 |
| Cephalexin | 79 | $272 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 33 | $188 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 31 | $119 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Overland Park
- Alexander BaileyOverland Park$99K
- John BleazardOverland Park$56K
- Cameron LedfordOverland Park$45K
- Jeffrey SalinOverland Park$41K
- Howard RosenthalOverland Park$13K
- David AndersonKansas City$490K
- Brandon CarlsonKansas City$299K
- Jacob DeisterTopeka$185K
- Harold EllsworthLeawood$154K
- Tyler BronWichita$107K
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.