Kelly Klinker, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Fort Wayne, INNPI 1033320064
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (51.1%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 50.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,037 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $90 in 2025.
Across 69 payments — averaging $171.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$6K
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$512
- Stryker$85
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$22
- plus $47 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,03551%
- Food & beverage$2,78624%
- Education$3,00025%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 35 | $5,986 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $3,519 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $1,650 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $512 |
| Stryker | 1 | $85 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Olympus America 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.
- INTERSTIM$5,003
- DAVINCI XI$3,000
- Enseal$1,567
- Da Vinci Surgical System$238
- Echelon Circular$114
- Proximate$114
- MONOCRYL$114
How this compares
$11,822 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 54 colon & rectal surgery providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gavilyte-CPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 12 | $207 |
| Metronidazole | 14 | $77 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Fort Wayne
- Joshua WalletFort Wayne$14K
- Ga-Ram HanFort Wayne$9K
- Mithun ShenoiFort Wayne$5K
- Hisham ElhassanFort Wayne$5K
- James EdlundFort Wayne$4K
- Paul ConartyFort Wayne$4K
- Virendra ParikhFort Wayne$3K
- Glenn GoldsteinFort Wayne$3K
- James ConnerFort Wayne$1K
- Nadine FloydFort Wayne$1K
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.