Kendall Hamilton, MD
Sports Medicine · Grand Rapids, MINPI 1538366034
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (27.1%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 35.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $22,853 and has fallen 79.2% since, to $4,761 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in MI 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 246 payments — averaging $247.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$22K
- Arthrex$17K
- Medwest Associates$8K
- Vericel Corporation$7K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Exactech, Inc.$1K
- plus $4K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,90026%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,80514%
- Travel & lodging$16,51427%
- Food & beverage$13,65422%
- Education$6,00810%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 70 | $21,671 |
| Arthrex | 93 | $16,978 |
| Medwest Associates | 25 | $7,817 |
| Vericel Corporation | 7 | $6,839 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 12 | $2,310 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 3 | $1,313 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 9 | $1,312 |
| Zak Ortho | 7 | $1,090 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 5 | $631 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 2 | $313 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $260 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $120 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $50 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $42 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
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.
- FLEXIBLE GUIDE PIN (STRYKER ACL VERSITOMIC)$8,800
- MACI$6,625
- TRIATHLON$1,600
- EQUINOXE$1,313
- SALVATION$1,157
- ICONIX$892
- PROCINCH$873
- Persona$862
- HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET$844
- LINVATEC HIP PRESERVATION SYSTEM$704
- BioBrace 23mm$487
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$372
- 1588$331
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$319
- InSet System$313
- INSPACE$306
- TAPESTRY$288
- HALL POWER$265
- CITREFIX$261
- COBRA$255
How this compares
$60,880 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 145 sports medicine providers in Michigan.
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.
Other sports medicine in Grand Rapids
- Carl WierksGrand Rapids$59K
- James LeboltGrand Rapids$14K
- Thomas MatelicGrand Rapids$10K
- Erik HedlundGrand Rapids$3K
- Peter TheutGrand Rapids$3K
- Tariq AwanFarmington Hills$113K
- Michael YusafAuburn Hills$101K
- Jack PinneyMidland$67K
- William KestoNovi$62K
- Manuel SchubertYpsilanti$42K
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.