Clint Hill
Orthopaedic Surgery · Paducah, KYNPI 1316965916
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $353,536 of the $516,230 with a category attached, or 68.5%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 52.2% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in KY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 141 payments — averaging $3661.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$269K
- Corelink, LLC$106K
- Stryker$63K
- Globus Medical$53K
- Spineology Inc.$19K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- plus $1K from 6 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $29,536 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.
- Spineology Inc.$257K
- Bioventus LLC$9K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$353,53668%
- Consulting fees$128,48925%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,9631%
- Travel & lodging$19,4474%
- Food & beverage$7,7952%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 58 | $269,402 |
| Corelink, LLC | 42 | $106,442 |
| Stryker | 14 | $63,233 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $52,756 |
| Spineology Inc. | 6 | $18,737 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $4,385 |
| Spinesmith Holdings, LLC | 2 | $935 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $114 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $71 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $67 |
| Amgen | 3 | $50 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$153,894
- AMP$92,941
- NIAGARA LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$62,333
- COHERE$26,021
- CoRoent$21,793
- KODIAK$20,382
- Rampart Duo Interbody Fusion System$18,737
- INVICTUS OPEN$16,871
- Other - MIS$15,450
- ELSA$4,942
- EXPAREL$4,273
- GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION$900
- LIF$588
- Fortilink-L IBF System$100
How this compares
$516,230 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 322 orthopaedic surgery providers in Kentucky.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Paducah
- Arthur MalkaniLouisville$9.6M
- Jonathan YerasimidesLouisville$4.3M
- John LewisLouisville$1.5M
- Akbar NawabLouisville$1M
- Samer HasanCrestview Hills$976K
- Phillip SingerBowling Green$816K
- Brent MorrisLexington$815K
- Joseph GreeneLouisville$581K
- Raymond GreiweFlorence$546K
- Paul MatuszewskiLexington$370K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.