Christopher Beaumont, MD
Hand Surgery · Birmingham, ALNPI 1114381548
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (35.4%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 37.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,989 and has fallen 54.2% since, to $2,744 in 2025. Among hand surgery clinicians in AL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 127 payments — averaging $140.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$7K
- MVP Orthopedics Inc$3K
- Axogen$3K
- Acumed LLC$2K
- Prime Surgical, LLC$958
- Johnson & Johnson$721
- plus $3K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,50014%
- Travel & lodging$4,20224%
- Food & beverage$6,30235%
- Education$4,82127%
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 | 25 | $6,643 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 5 | $2,630 |
| Axogen | 19 | $2,507 |
| Acumed LLC | 10 | $1,606 |
| Prime Surgical, LLC | 4 | $958 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $721 |
| Stryker | 9 | $655 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 12 | $464 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $445 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 4 | $151 |
| CGG Medical Inc | 1 | $147 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $142 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $136 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 3 | $111 |
| Exsomed Corporation | 1 | $97 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $88 |
| Vertex | 2 | $39 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $21 |
| BD | 1 | $20 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Heron Therapeutics, 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.
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,877
- Hand Fracture System$1,260
- Osteotomy System$1,142
- Acu-Loc Wrist Plating System$737
- MODULAR HAND SYSTEM$737
- Acutrak Headless Compression Screw System$523
- Arc Wrist Tower$523
- Total Wrist Fusion Plating System$523
- EVOS$417
- VARIAX$316
- XIAFLEX$247
- BIO4$163
- REUNION$163
- INTEGRA MESHED BILAYER WOUND MATRIX$142
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$142
- PRIMATRIX$142
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$142
- INTEGRA FLOWABLE WOUND MATRIX$142
- ULTRAGUIDECTR$137
- ULTRAGUIDETFR$137
How this compares
$17,824 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 29 hand surgery providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 73 | $543 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 69 | $322 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 32 | $309 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 34 | $300 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 76 | $144 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 16 | $94 |
| Meloxicam | 35 | $94 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 11 | $52 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Birmingham
- Kathleen McKeonBirmingham$151K
- Karlee LoftinBirmingham$12K
- Ekkehard BonatzBirmingham$5K
- Joseph IngramBirmingham$4K
- Kathryn BentleyBirmingham$4K
- Erin RansomBirmingham$1K
- Hussein TurkiMontgomery$35K
- Thomas SellersMontgomery$10K
- Jared BurkettMobile$8K
- Allison HunterDaphne$8K
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.