Jonathan Slaughter, MD
Hand Surgery · Highland Heights, KYNPI 1770876823
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,570 of the $2,592 with a category attached, or 60.6%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Skeletal Dynamics Inc at 41.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,460 and has fallen 97.3% since, to $40 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for hand surgery clinicians in KY, where the typical reported total is $2,532.
Across 23 payments — averaging $112.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$1K
- CDC Medical LLC$635
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$287
- Smith+Nephew$175
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$122
- Trimed, Inc.$121
- plus $165 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$38715%
- Food & beverage$1,57061%
- Education$63524%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 9 | $1,086 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 1 | $635 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $287 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $175 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $40 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Geminus$958
- Align$958
- IJS$958
- Implate$958
- Parcus Suture Anchors$145
- HemiCAP Wrist$142
- EVOS WRIST$134
- TFN ADVANCED$122
How this compares
$2,592 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 56 hand 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 Hcl | 202 | $563 |
| Cephalexin | 69 | $262 |
| Meloxicam | 66 | $143 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 24 | $115 |
| Methylprednisolone | 18 | $97 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 17 | $49 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 19 | $47 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Highland Heights
- Amitava GuptaLouisville$175K
- James BakerEdgewood$40K
- Tuna OzyurekogluLouisville$25K
- Stephanie MerimeeLouisville$16K
- Luke RobinsonLouisville$12K
- Monica PecacheLouisville$11K
- Rodrigo Moreno GarciaLouisville$10K
- Maureen OshaughnessyLexington$8K
- Michelle PalazzoLouisville$7K
- Jorge Quintero PerezLouisville$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.