Michael Delcore, MD
Hand Surgery · Elkhorn, NENPI 1568858595
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (50.3%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 25.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $11,381 and has fallen 77.9% since, to $2,513 in 2025. Among hand surgery clinicians in NE with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 181 payments — averaging $141.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$7K
- Encore Medical, LP$5K
- Zimmer Biomet$5K
- Conetic Solutions, Inc.$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Axogen$2K
- plus $3K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5006%
- Travel & lodging$12,91250%
- Food & beverage$6,23324%
- Education$5,03220%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 62 | $6,515 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 31 | $5,065 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 41 | $4,648 |
| Conetic Solutions, Inc. | 18 | $2,980 |
| Stryker | 15 | $1,803 |
| Axogen | 6 | $1,620 |
| Pylant Medical | 5 | $1,428 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $1,424 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Liberty Surgical Inc. | 1 | $95 |
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.
- DJO SURGICAL$5,527
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,620
- Geminus$1,424
- Align$1,424
- IJS$1,424
- Implate$1,424
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$1,303
- ZIPTIGHT$1,292
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$1,281
- DJO Surgical Discovery Elbow System$671
- Persona$472
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$289
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$150
- Arcos Revision Hip Instrumentation$140
- ROSA$132
- COMPREHENSIVE$130
How this compares
$25,678 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 21 hand surgery providers in Nebraska.
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 hand surgery in Elkhorn
- Kayvon IzadiElkhorn$3K
- Anthony MartinNorth Platte$10K
- Jesse MeaikeNorfolk$5K
- Micheala McCarthyOmaha$4K
- Alex LesiakOmaha$4K
- Tristan HartzellNorfolk$1K
- Daniel GaffneyOmaha$1K
- Daniel CullanLincoln$1K
- John McCarthyOmaha$1K
- Michael CoffeyOmaha$906
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.