Keith Berend
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · New Albany, OHNPI 1003809484
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $4,025,000 of the $4,594,581 with a category attached, or 87.6%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 89.7% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,299,464 and has fallen 96.7% since, to $76,815 in 2025. Among adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery clinicians in OH 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 209 payments — averaging $21,984 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$4.1M
- Medacta USA, Inc.$417K
- Smith+Nephew$43K
- Cardinal Health 200 LLC$12K
- Engage Uni, LLC$2K
- Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc.$1K
- plus $306 from 6 others
Across 35 payments — averaging $8903.06 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Zimmer Biomet$280K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$25K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$6K
Across 7 payments — averaging $21,565 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$151K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$4,025,00088%
- Consulting fees$517,55011%
- Speaking & faculty fees$28,0131%
- Travel & lodging$14,3360%
- Food & beverage$5,7000%
- Education$3,8680%
- Gifts$1140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 110 | $4,120,686 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 62 | $416,736 |
| Smith+Nephew | 17 | $42,542 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 2 | $11,550 |
| Engage Uni, LLC | 2 | $1,614 |
| Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | 8 | $1,147 |
| BD | 1 | $147 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $95 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $20 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $9 |
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.
- Oxford-Knees$3,137,809
- Arcos$2,350,439
- Persona$1,679,961
- Vanguard$1,676,961
- Trabecular Metal (TM)$1,676,961
- Taperloc$1,676,961
- Oxford$966,636
- GMK Sphere Revision System$253,288
- Journey II$128,263
- GMK SPHERE$91,795
- PRIMARY SHOULDER$50,400
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$28,425
- Shoulder System$9,000
- OR3O Dual Mobility$5,600
- Anterior Supine$4,800
- Engage Partial Knee System$2,244
- Legion Revision$1,913
- Tandem$1,913
- REDAPT$1,913
- PD-Hip-New Product$819
How this compares
$4,594,581 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 59 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Ohio.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 18 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in New Albany
- Adolph LombardiNew Albany$14.7M
- Jason HurstNew Albany$255K
- Michael MorrisNew Albany$252K
- Ray WasielewskiColumbus$9.6M
- Viktor KrebsCleveland$7.5M
- Nicolas PiuzziCleveland$1.2M
- Michael BloomfieldCleveland$321K
- Matthew BealColumbus$319K
- Trevor MurrayCleveland$192K
- James VoosCleveland$166K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.