Casey Whale, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Topeka, KSNPI 1578926994
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (59.4%), education and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Linkbio Corp at 51.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $23,909, more than ten times the $67 reported in 2019.
Across 104 payments — averaging $408.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Linkbio Corp$22K
- Smith+Nephew$8K
- Zimmer Biomet$5K
- Microport Orthopedics Inc$5K
- Ortho Development Corporation$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$750
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,37510%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5404%
- Travel & lodging$25,21159%
- Food & beverage$3,5698%
- Education$7,63418%
- Gifts$1200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Linkbio Corp | 10 | $21,984 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $7,620 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 29 | $4,853 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 24 | $4,652 |
| Ortho Development Corporation | 6 | $1,096 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $750 |
| Omnilife Science, Inc | 3 | $568 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $178 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $67 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $57 |
| Maxx Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Novastep Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Titan Surgical Group, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- MPO Medial Pivot Knee$4,058
- ROSA$2,719
- Balanced Knee Revision System$956
- OMNIBotics 3.0$504
- Entrada Hip Stem$429
- Persona$258
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$160
- ALTEON$144
- mymobility Platform$128
- Engage Partial Knee System$120
- Zynrelef$118
- iFuse Implant$101
How this compares
$42,450 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 72 | $419 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 62 | $242 |
| Cefadroxil | 19 | $144 |
| Meloxicam | 71 | $110 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $105 |
| Amoxicillin | 110 | $88 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 20 | $69 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 14 | $58 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $24 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 32 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Topeka
- Jacob DeisterTopeka$185K
- Olusegun OnibonojeTopeka$65K
- Michael SmithTopeka$10K
- David AndersonKansas City$490K
- Brandon CarlsonKansas City$299K
- Harold EllsworthLeawood$154K
- Tyler BronWichita$107K
- William ReedLenexa$106K
- Alexander BaileyOverland Park$99K
- Brent WiseKansas City$97K
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.