Kevin Kemp, MD
Surgical Critical Care · Omaha, NENPI 1700171493
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.2%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by KCI USA, Inc. at 55.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $775 and has fallen 93.9% since, to $47 in 2024.
Across 9 payments — averaging $130.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- KCI USA, Inc.$650
- Smith+Nephew$182
- Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC$125
- Cerus Corporation$106
- Johnson & Johnson$96
- Biotronik Inc.$19
Across 25 payments — averaging $12,599 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.
- CSL Behring$315K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$65055%
- Food & beverage$50943%
- Education$192%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $650 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $182 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Cerus Corporation | 2 | $106 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $96 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- ABTHERA$650
- Grafix PRIME$125
- Grafix CORE$125
- Grafix XC$125
- Grafix PL PRIME$125
- Stravix$125
- ANDEXXA$125
How this compares
Too few surgical critical care providers in Nebraskato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 surgical critical care in Omaha
- Zachary BaumanOmaha$368K
- Keely BuesingOmaha$8K
- John TierneyOmaha$8K
- Bennett BerningOmaha$3K
- Samuel CemajOmaha$2K
- Emily CantrellOmaha$1K
- William TerzianOmaha$860
- Charity EvansOmaha$453
- Brett WaibelOmaha$135
- Matthew GoedeOmaha$123
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.