David Kao
Orthopaedic Surgery · Richmond, VANPI 1225526544
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $20,000 of the $24,128 with a category attached, or 82.9%. Arthrex accounts for 91.6% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $22,320 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $125 in 2025.
Across 56 payments — averaging $430.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$22K
- Stryker$896
- Fortis Surgical, LLC$564
- Johnson & Johnson$257
- Exactech, Inc.$164
- Vericel Corporation$79
- plus $68 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$250%
- Grants$20,00083%
- Travel & lodging$1,8708%
- Food & beverage$2,2339%
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 | 22 | $22,099 |
| Stryker | 8 | $896 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 17 | $564 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $257 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $164 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $79 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $43 |
| BD | 1 | $25 |
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.
- GAMMA$297
- T2$260
- EQUINOXE$164
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$128
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$120
How this compares
$24,128 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 473 orthopaedic surgery providers in Virginia.
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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Richmond
- Colin MudrickRichmond$424K
- Matthew WalkerRichmond$265K
- Michael WindRichmond$178K
- Ryan RobertsonRichmond$133K
- Anup GangavalliRichmond$127K
- Jonathan IsaacsRichmond$92K
- Norman BoardmanRichmond$91K
- Gregory GolladayRichmond$52K
- Christopher KesterRichmond$45K
- Dale YoungNorth Chesterfield$10.9M
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.