Keith Fehring, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1861629149
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (50.3%), royalties or licence payments and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. at 43.8% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 404 payments — averaging $1645.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$291K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$271K
- Zimmer Biomet$99K
- Arthrex$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$594
- Smith+Nephew$497
- plus $2K from 12 others
Across 29 payments — averaging $486.21 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.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$14K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$254,98138%
- Consulting fees$334,25650%
- Travel & lodging$25,8444%
- Food & beverage$11,8272%
- Education$37,8506%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 93 | $291,035 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 214 | $270,689 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 58 | $99,107 |
| Arthrex | 8 | $1,162 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $594 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $497 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $254 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 2 | $227 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $171 |
| Intellijoint Surgical Inc. | 1 | $168 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $162 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 2 | $153 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $132 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $116 |
| Osteoremedies, LLC | 1 | $101 |
| Stryker | 1 | $26 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 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.
- ATTUNE$287,913
- LPS$204,735
- S-ROM NOILES$204,285
- Z1 HIP SYSTEM$79,194
- G7$9,646
- Avenir$5,598
- Arcos$5,338
- ACTIS$5,071
- Velys$2,778
- Persona$1,451
- OSSEOTITE$1,000
- ROSA$413
- mymobility Platform$294
- Journey II$281
- DJO SURGICAL$175
- Physica$171
- H-Max$171
- Master SL$171
- Intellijoint HIP$168
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$162
How this compares
$664,758 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 845 orthopaedic surgery providers in North Carolina.
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 | 255 | $544 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 23 | $383 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 21 | $373 |
| Methylprednisolone | 55 | $320 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 49 | $202 |
| Celecoxib | 14 | $180 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 22 | $112 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 14 | $76 |
| Amoxicillin | 90 | $76 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $60 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 19 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Charlotte
- Thomas FehringCharlotte$18.3M
- Walter BeaverCharlotte$7.4M
- Robert AndersonCharlotte$6.6M
- John MasonCharlotte$5.7M
- William DavisCharlotte$5.2M
- John EllingtonCharlotte$4.9M
- Carroll JonesCharlotte$3.6M
- John MasonisCharlotte$3.4M
- Bruce CohenCharlotte$2.4M
- Anthony KwonCharlotte$1.9M
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.