Kevin Denehy, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Lexington, KYNPI 1093064586
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $66,038 of the $85,479 with a category attached, or 77.3%. Stryker accounts for 92.9% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in KY 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 192 payments — averaging $445.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$79K
- Steris Corporation$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Smith+Nephew$690
- Johnson & Johnson$326
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$145
- plus $781 from 17 others
Across 23 payments — averaging $7503.78 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.
- Stryker$173K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$66,03877%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2730%
- Travel & lodging$10,63012%
- Food & beverage$8,16810%
- Education$3710%
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 | 132 | $79,417 |
| Steris Corporation | 2 | $2,341 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 21 | $1,780 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $690 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $326 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $145 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Embody, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Blue Surgical LLC | 2 | $117 |
| Amgen | 5 | $67 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $31 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| BREG, Inc | 1 | $27 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- TRIATHLON$40,076
- MAKO$33,102
- INSIGNIA$22,413
- GMRS$20,700
- RESTORATION$10,275
- V-Pro$2,326
- HarmonyAIR$2,326
- AMSCO$2,326
- HARMONY$2,326
- TRITANIUM$1,965
- Arcos$531
- Juggerknot$353
- EVOS$273
- ROSA$234
- EXETER$154
- Navio Surgical System$150
- MAKOPLASTY$150
- 1688$143
- Journey II$141
- Legion Revision$141
How this compares
$85,479 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 322 orthopaedic surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 32 | $10,373 |
| Tranexamic Acid | 279 | $7,691 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 288 | $1,920 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 266 | $1,323 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 263 | $1,084 |
| Cefadroxil | 242 | $994 |
| Meloxicam | 334 | $532 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $378 |
| Gabapentin | 72 | $259 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 51 | $156 |
| Amoxicillin | 111 | $117 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 16 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Lexington
- Brent MorrisLexington$815K
- Paul MatuszewskiLexington$370K
- Christian ChristensenLexington$207K
- Kaveh SajadiLexington$195K
- Daniel HackettLexington$104K
- Victor MarwinLexington$86K
- Camden BurnsLexington$62K
- Srinath KamineniLexington$44K
- Syed MehdiLexington$39K
- Graysen Petersen-FittsLexington$38K
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.