Donald Covell, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Danville, KYNPI 1124346002
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — other (56.9%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medshape, Inc. accounts for 68.9% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $136,225 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $5,079 in 2025. 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 171 payments — averaging $1268.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medshape, Inc.$149K
- Vilex LLC$30K
- Stryker$28K
- Trilliant Surgical LLC.$6K
- Restor3d, Inc.$2K
- Medline Industries LP$221
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$2,1901%
- Consulting fees$62,42229%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,4004%
- Travel & lodging$13,4496%
- Food & beverage$7,0353%
- Other$123,34457%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medshape, Inc. | 33 | $149,325 |
| Vilex LLC | 37 | $29,811 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 71 | $28,402 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 2 | $6,222 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 6 | $1,703 |
| Medline Industries LP | 2 | $221 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 3 | $189 |
| Avinger Inc. | 1 | $181 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $162 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 2 | $132 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $49 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $39 |
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $18 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- HINTERMANN$23,261
- DynaNail$12,335
- DynaNail Helix, Washer, 15 mm$10,976
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$7,170
- AUGMENT$6,720
- Trilliant Arsenal Plating System$6,197
- ALLOFIBER$4,200
- 7 X 23MM CITRELOCK IMPLANT$4,200
- ALPHALOK$2,318
- TACTIX$2,190
- ORTHOLOC$1,680
- DYNEX$1,158
- INBONE$842
- INVISION$738
- PROPHECY$738
- DynaNail Mini$726
- SALVATION$684
- PROstep$550
- CITREFIX$420
- INFINITY$297
How this compares
$216,840 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 322 orthopaedic surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 | 103 | $424 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 88 | $264 |
| Gabapentin | 28 | $258 |
| Methylprednisolone | 34 | $220 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 37 | $126 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $64 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 21 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Danville
- 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
- Clint HillPaducah$516K
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.