Kris Abeln, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · New Albany, INNPI 1851502199
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $42,800 of the $68,326 with a category attached, or 62.6%. Linvatec Corporation accounts for 72.1% of it on its own, with 30 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $19,396 and has fallen 81.7% since, to $3,558 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in IN 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 233 payments — averaging $293.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Linvatec Corporation$49K
- Arthrex$7K
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$5K
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$3K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$1K
- Encore Medical, LP$387
- plus $2K from 25 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $3300.00 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.
- Linvatec Corporation$7K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$42,80063%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,5004%
- Travel & lodging$11,21716%
- Food & beverage$5,9999%
- Education$5,8109%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Linvatec Corporation | 46 | $49,243 |
| Arthrex | 29 | $6,601 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 19 | $5,194 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 40 | $3,097 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 7 | $1,364 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 4 | $387 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $298 |
| Blue Surgical LLC | 6 | $285 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 15 | $233 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 3 | $209 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 11 | $182 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $178 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 9 | $176 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 2 | $157 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $97 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $90 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $68 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $50 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Stryker | 1 | $43 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $35 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Vertex | 1 | $22 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $19 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $12 |
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.
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$24,012
- INFINITY KNEE SYSTEM$10,500
- BioBrace 23mm$10,289
- Zilretta$2,605
- ANCHOR$2,550
- LIVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$2,170
- MECTA$975
- HALL POWER$473
- DJO SURGICAL$274
- PRIMARY SHOULDER$256
- IMAGE 1 S$150
- InSet System$139
- EQUINOXE$135
- LINVATEC ARTHROSCOPY$132
- ROSA-Knee$126
- Regeneten$124
- Coblation Wands$124
- Healicoil$124
- Dyonics Power$124
- ACCUPASS DIRECT Crescent XL$124
How this compares
$68,326 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 400 orthopaedic surgery providers in Indiana.
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 | 25 | $727 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 101 | $610 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 51 | $263 |
| Meloxicam | 108 | $228 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 78 | $128 |
| Naproxen | 30 | $75 |
| Cephalexin | 67 | $74 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 26 | $53 |
| Amoxicillin | 13 | $7 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in New Albany
- Robert BlokNew Albany$29K
- Frank KolisekGreenwood$7.5M
- David FisherIndianapolis$5.9M
- Michael BerendIndianapolis$4M
- John WilliamsFort Wayne$2.7M
- Sanford KunkelIndianapolis$1.9M
- Hill HastingsIndianapolis$1.6M
- Mark KlaassenElkhart$1.3M
- Alan McGeeFort Wayne$1.1M
- Lindsey RolstonNew Castle$1.1M
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.