Claude Moorman
Orthopaedic Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1205923810
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.5%), royalties or licence payments and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. at 54.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $12,767 and has fallen 75.4% since, to $3,136 in 2025.
Across 116 payments — averaging $519.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.$33K
- DJO, LLC$23K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$2K
- Arthrex$1K
- Stryker$613
- Smith+Nephew$326
- plus $564 from 5 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $24,470 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Arthrex$122K
Across 7 payments — averaging $21,956 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.$154K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$11,55219%
- Consulting fees$32,24053%
- Grants$8,35414%
- Travel & lodging$2,5254%
- Food & beverage$5,6049%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 52 | $32,775 |
| DJO, LLC | 16 | $23,036 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 9 | $1,758 |
| Arthrex | 16 | $1,204 |
| Stryker | 12 | $613 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $326 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $170 |
| Xiros Inc | 1 | $152 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $99 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
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
$60,275 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 845 orthopaedic surgery providers in North Carolina.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Charlotte
- Thomas FehringCharlotte$18.3M
- Walter BeaverCharlotte$7.4M
- Robert AndersonCharlotte$6.6M
- John MasonCharlotte$5.7M
- William DavisCharlotte$5.2M
- John EllingtonCharlotte$4.9M
- Carroll JonesCharlotte$3.6M
- John MasonisCharlotte$3.4M
- Bruce CohenCharlotte$2.4M
- Anthony KwonCharlotte$1.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.