Edward Birdsong, MD
Hand Surgery · Carson City, NVNPI 1528143542
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $22,303 of the $27,801 with a category attached, or 80.2%. Arthrex accounts for 95.6% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $16,504 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $407 in 2024.
Across 77 payments — averaging $361.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$27K
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$759
- Medartis Inc.$228
- Evolution Surgical, Inc$125
- Stryker$105
- Axogen$20
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1751%
- Speaking & faculty fees$22,30380%
- Travel & lodging$3,76714%
- Food & beverage$1,5566%
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 | 59 | $26,564 |
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 12 | $759 |
| Medartis Inc. | 3 | $228 |
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Stryker | 1 | $105 |
| Axogen | 1 | $20 |
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
$27,801 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 24 hand surgery providers in Nevada.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 35 | $526 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 25 | $167 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 19 | $140 |
| Meloxicam | 63 | $134 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $86 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $76 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 45 | $72 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Carson City
- Daniel RobertsonCarson City$5K
- Kent GabrielCarson City$61
- Alan MicevLas Vegas$53K
- Michael LilyquistReno$46K
- Kevin GolshaniHenderson$32K
- Andrew WatkinsNellis Afb$19K
- James VaheyLas Vegas$8K
- Thomas ChristensenReno$7K
- Jonathan SorelleLas Vegas$7K
- Ajit AmesurLas Vegas$7K
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.