Matthew Greives
Plastic Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1811143613
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 55.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $15,788 and has fallen 90.1% since, to $1,561 in 2025. Among plastic surgery clinicians in TX 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 130 payments — averaging $202.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$15K
- AbbVie$4K
- Kls-martin L.p.$2K
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$2K
- Axogen$1K
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$639
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,83849%
- Food & beverage$13,52851%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 23 | $14,746 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 36 | $4,220 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 17 | $1,735 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 4 | $1,619 |
| Axogen | 13 | $1,248 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 5 | $639 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $453 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $247 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $197 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 1 | $170 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $135 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $130 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $112 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 1 | $95 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $94 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 2 | $68 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $67 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 4 | $64 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Stryker | 1 | $36 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $14 |
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.
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$2,175
- NATRELLE$768
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$733
- ALLODERM$711
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$639
- VIJOICE$542
- Kerecis SurgiClose$540
- ARTOURA Breast Tissue Expander$405
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$245
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$245
- MATRIXMANDIBLE$232
- Motiva Implant Matrix$170
- V-LOC 180$156
- Phasix Mesh$145
- STRATTICE RECONSTRUCTIVE TISSUE MATRIX BPS$144
- Kerecis GraftGuide$135
- RENASYS TOUCH$120
- RAPIDSORB$114
- TRUMATCH$114
- Hyalomatrix Wound Device$112
How this compares
$26,366 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 337 plastic surgery providers in Texas.
Other plastic surgery in Houston
- Younghoon ChoHouston$1.2M
- David AdelmanHouston$405K
- Warren EllsworthHouston$284K
- Camille CashHouston$212K
- Robert YarishHouston$180K
- Alexander MericliHouston$125K
- Kristy HamiltonHouston$70K
- Jenny NguyenHouston$45K
- Patrick HsuHouston$34K
- Anthony EchoHouston$27K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.