Kalpit Shah, MD
Hand Surgery · Oceanside, CANPI 1326450040
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (50.3%), grants and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 34.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $15,982, more than ten times the $751 reported in 2019. Among hand surgery clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 154 payments — averaging $341.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$18K
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$16K
- Impactortho, Inc.$6K
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$6K
- Acumed LLC$3K
- Trimed, Inc.$576
- plus $3K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,03710%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2420%
- Grants$10,00019%
- Travel & lodging$4,2048%
- Food & beverage$6,64713%
- Education$26,40050%
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 | 30 | $18,348 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 13 | $16,058 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 11 | $6,097 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 16 | $5,567 |
| Acumed LLC | 29 | $2,831 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 4 | $576 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Axogen | 8 | $472 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 8 | $406 |
| Stryker | 8 | $313 |
| BD | 1 | $267 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $266 |
| Elevate Surgical Co | 7 | $243 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $232 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $215 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $38 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $36 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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$15,896
- Align$15,896
- IJS$15,896
- Implate$15,896
- XIAFLEX$5,300
- ACUMED$4,093
- INnate Implant$1,361
- NanoPhix Implant$992
- APTUS$500
- Total Wrist Fusion Plating System$262
- InFrame Implant$214
- DYNACORD$146
- QUICKANCHOR ORTHOCORD$146
- Acu-Loc Wrist Plating System$144
- ZNN$123
- Phoenix TTC Instruments and Nail$123
- Acu-Loc Wrist Spanning System$118
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$108
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE IB LIGAMENT AUGMENTATION$104
- Biocue$100
How this compares
$52,529 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 249 hand surgery providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ibuprofen | 108 | $635 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 54 | $163 |
| Methylprednisolone | 18 | $95 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $49 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Oceanside
- Andrew HartmanOceanside$957K
- Steven ShinLos Angeles$2.8M
- Amy LaddStanford$1.4M
- Emilie CheungStanford$1.1M
- Nancy LynchSan Mateo$862K
- Jeffrey YaoRedwood City$622K
- Prosper BenhaimLos Angeles$492K
- Wayne PanOakland$423K
- Nathan HoekzemaClovis$400K
- Robin KamalStanford$343K
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.