James Kerpsack, MD
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery · West Palm Beach, FLNPI 1861499451
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (46.4%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 57.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,152 and has fallen 65.1% since, to $750 in 2025.
Across 82 payments — averaging $72.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Smith+Nephew$561
- Moximed, Inc$456
- Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA$305
- Vericel Corporation$273
- Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.$181
- plus $765 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3055%
- Travel & lodging$1,66128%
- Food & beverage$2,73946%
- Education$1,20020%
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 | 35 | $3,363 |
| Smith+Nephew | 15 | $561 |
| Moximed, Inc | 4 | $456 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $305 |
| Vericel Corporation | 8 | $273 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $181 |
| Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc. | 2 | $180 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $152 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $121 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $102 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $58 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 1 | $34 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $23 |
| Vertex | 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.
- MISHA KNEE SYSTEM, SMALL, LEFT$417
- COMBOGESIC IV$305
- CMF$203
- EVOS$149
- MACI$125
- GraftLink$121
- Quadlink$121
How this compares
$5,905 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 76 pediatric orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 79 | $565 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 66 | $297 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 30 | $196 |
| Cephalexin | 62 | $150 |
| Meloxicam | 40 | $98 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 20 | $54 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatric orthopaedic surgery in West Palm Beach
- Aaron HuserWest Palm Beach$55K
- Matthew DobbsWest Palm Beach$14K
- Jonathan PhillipsOrlando$398K
- David SiambanesTampa$354K
- Raymund WooOrlando$181K
- Ryan FitzgeraldSt Petersburg$88K
- Sean KeyesOrlando$82K
- Kevin NealJacksonville$62K
- Alec StallOrlando$55K
- Mehmet ErkilincOrlando$53K
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.