John Kelpin, MD
Plastic Surgery · Grand Rapids, MINPI 1891109971
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (57.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medwest Associates at 48.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,549 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $24 in 2025.
Across 28 payments — averaging $331.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medwest Associates$5K
- Trimed, Inc.$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Micromed Inc$948
- Bioventus LLC$134
- Axogen$50
- plus $71 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,56117%
- Food & beverage$2,36225%
- Education$5,37258%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medwest Associates | 7 | $4,513 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 3 | $2,388 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $1,191 |
| Micromed Inc | 2 | $948 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $134 |
| Axogen | 2 | $50 |
| Stryker | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $24 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $22 |
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
$9,295 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 155 plastic surgery providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 116 | $322 |
| Cephalexin | 16 | $109 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 23 | $63 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 61 | $62 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery in Grand Rapids
- Dennis HammondGrand Rapids$886K
- Bradley BengtsonGrand Rapids$74K
- John RenucciGrand Rapids$17K
- David AlfonsoGrand Rapids$12K
- Johanna KrebiehlGrand Rapids$5K
- Anna CarlsonGrand Rapids$3K
- John PolleyTraverse City$542K
- Jesse SelberRoyal Oak$181K
- Kevin ChungAnn Arbor$179K
- Kenneth MoquinDetroit$146K
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.