Krishna Vemulapalli, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · New Orleans, LANPI 1609293828
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (39.6%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Skeletal Dynamics Inc at 42.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $86,713, more than ten times the $860 reported in 2020.
Across 248 payments — averaging $687.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$72K
- Globus Medical$34K
- Smith+Nephew$19K
- Arbutus Medical, Inc$13K
- Curvafix, Inc.$10K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$7K
- plus $16K from 19 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $21,146 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$42K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$54,15532%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,25412%
- Travel & lodging$15,7029%
- Food & beverage$12,7848%
- Education$67,50040%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 38 | $71,650 |
| Globus Medical | 54 | $33,798 |
| Smith+Nephew | 39 | $18,692 |
| Arbutus Medical, Inc | 8 | $13,037 |
| Curvafix, Inc. | 8 | $10,452 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 26 | $7,019 |
| Synthes USA Products LLC | 8 | $6,707 |
| Synthes GmbH | 4 | $2,479 |
| Stryker | 29 | $2,349 |
| Mirus, LLC | 2 | $1,098 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 3 | $692 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $650 |
| Next Science LLC | 3 | $338 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $228 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 2 | $224 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $138 |
| Genesis Innovation Group, Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $129 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $123 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $101 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $86 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Geminus$71,095
- Align$71,095
- IJS$71,095
- Implate$71,095
- Autobahn$28,805
- EVOS$27,704
- EVOS MINI$10,613
- CurvaFix IM Implant$10,262
- TRIGEN InterTAN$9,699
- TFN-Advance$9,111
- TRIGEN$4,005
- Anthem$3,282
- VA-LCP$2,077
- ATLAS Plating System$1,098
- NA$562
- KVAC$507
- AXSOS$472
- T2$403
- TSF Ally$366
- Taylor Spatial Frame$348
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic trauma providers in Louisianato 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 11 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in New Orleans
- Paul GladdenNew Orleans$314K
- Murphy MartinNew Orleans$85K
- Daniel MilesNew Orleans$27K
- Avrey NovakNew Orleans$21K
- Olivia LeeNew Orleans$4K
- James MautnerNew Orleans$3K
- Vince LandsHammond$30K
- James HlavacekLafayette$14K
- Elliott NipperMonroe$10K
- Peter KrauseKenner$5K
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.