Howard Wang, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · San Antonio, TXNPI 1568570281
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 27 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 27.7% of the total.
Across 27 payments — averaging $137.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$341
- TELA Bio, Inc.$330
- Davol Inc.$314
- Kerecis Limited$253
- Johnson & Johnson$230
- plus $1K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,704100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $1,025 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 3 | $341 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 2 | $330 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $314 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $253 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $230 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $180 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $174 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $164 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 1 | $160 |
| Stryker | 1 | $160 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $126 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
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.
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$471
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$416
- NATRELLE$415
- INTEGRA$361
- Phasix Mesh$314
- TRUMATCH$230
- OMNIGRAFT$180
- SURGIMEND$180
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$180
- OviTex 2S$176
- CORTIVA ALLOGRAFT DERMIS$174
- Irrisept$164
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$160
- NA$160
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$157
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$157
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$154
- Hyalomatrix Wound Device$126
- PluroGel Burn & Wound Dressings$126
- Restrata Wound Matrix$125
How this compares
$3,704 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 378 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Texas.
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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 plastic and reconstructive surgery in San Antonio
- Oriana Haran-AnschelSan Antonio$17K
- Minas ChrysopouloSan Antonio$12K
- Aldona SpiegelHouston$759K
- Charles ButlerHouston$227K
- Michael KlebucHouston$204K
- Joshua LemmonRichardson$118K
- Patrick GarveyHouston$117K
- Rukmini RednamHouston$113K
- Edward ChangHouston$111K
- Alina SholarAustin$110K
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.