Kevin Farmer, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Gainesville, FLNPI 1396882304
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $542,488 of the $771,670 with a category attached, or 70.3%. Arthrex accounts for 83.8% of it on its own, with 27 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in FL 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 752 payments — averaging $1026.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$647K
- Exactech, Inc.$83K
- Arthrosurface Incorporated$8K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$8K
- CGG Medical Inc$7K
- Baudax Bio Inc.$6K
- plus $13K from 22 others
Across 35 payments — averaging $4438.00 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.
- Smith+Nephew$128K
- Arthrex$28K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$175,91723%
- Speaking & faculty fees$542,48870%
- Travel & lodging$33,1914%
- Food & beverage$18,8752%
- Education$1,2000%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 604 | $646,850 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 64 | $83,464 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 12 | $8,119 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 12 | $7,606 |
| CGG Medical Inc | 20 | $7,180 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 5 | $5,714 |
| Collagen Matrix, Inc | 2 | $4,063 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $2,878 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $2,388 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 5 | $510 |
| Moximed, Inc | 2 | $495 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 2 | $353 |
| Foundation Medical, LLC | 2 | $325 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $278 |
| Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $205 |
| Reel Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $163 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $153 |
| Biorez, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| MF MED | 1 | $139 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 2 | $135 |
| Titan Surgical Group, LLC | 1 | $128 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $87 |
| Conetic Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Abbott | 1 | $66 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $57 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Native Surgical, LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $24 |
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.
- EQUINOXE$77,805
- HemiCAP Shoulder$7,889
- Integrity$6,939
- ANJESO$5,658
- EXPAREL$2,388
- Iovera$2,388
- Zilretta$2,388
- OVO Motion$939
- Inlay Glenoid 2.0$939
- GlenoJet$939
- RevoMotion$939
- MISHA KNEE SYSTEM, SMALL, LEFT$495
- BioBrace 23mm$420
- TACTOSET$157
- LINVATEC HIP PRESERVATION SYSTEM$150
- Regeneten$146
- BioBrace 5mm$139
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS ANATOMIC TOTAL SHOULDER ECLIPSE$124
- BIOLOGICS CONSUMABLES AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD PRODUCTS ACP PRP$118
- OVOMotion$115
How this compares
$771,670 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
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 orthopaedic surgery in Gainesville
- Rull James ToussaintGainesville$802K
- Richard VlasakGainesville$773K
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
- Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7.3M
- Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7.1M
- Steven LyonsTampa$6.7M
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.