Kirk Kaiser, MD
Hand Surgery · Reno, NVNPI 1386625952
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,247 of the $1,524 with a category attached, or 81.8%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Trimed, Inc. at 37.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $425 and has fallen 59.9% since, to $171 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for hand surgery clinicians in NV, where the typical reported total is $6,204.
Across 29 payments — averaging $52.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Trimed, Inc.$565
- Axogen$417
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$129
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$108
- Bioventus LLC$87
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$44
- plus $173 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$15610%
- Food & beverage$1,24782%
- Education$1208%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trimed, Inc. | 6 | $565 |
| Axogen | 4 | $417 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $129 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $108 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $87 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $44 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $20 |
| Stryker | 1 | $19 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$233
- Tools - WFS$146
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$125
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$125
- Geminus$103
- Align$103
- IJS$103
- Implate$103
How this compares
$1,524 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 24 hand surgery providers in Nevada.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 62 | $805 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 65 | $187 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 96 | $132 |
| Methylprednisolone | 18 | $105 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $104 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Reno
- Michael LilyquistReno$46K
- Thomas ChristensenReno$7K
- Nikola BabovicReno$7K
- James ChristensenReno$2K
- Alan MicevLas Vegas$53K
- Kevin GolshaniHenderson$32K
- Edward BirdsongCarson City$28K
- Andrew WatkinsNellis Afb$19K
- James VaheyLas Vegas$8K
- Jonathan SorelleLas Vegas$7K
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.