Micheala McCarthy, MD
Hand Surgery · Omaha, NENPI 1144727314
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,667 of the $3,910 with a category attached, or 68.2%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Axogen at 43.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,383 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $5 in 2025.
Across 37 payments — averaging $105.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axogen$2K
- Arthrex$2K
- Stryker$333
- Johnson & Johnson$142
- Paladin Technology Solutions$109
- Conetic Solutions, Inc.$58
- plus $52 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,66768%
- Food & beverage$1,24232%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axogen | 5 | $1,686 |
| Arthrex | 20 | $1,531 |
| Stryker | 6 | $333 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $142 |
| Paladin Technology Solutions | 1 | $109 |
| Conetic Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Foundation Medical, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $5 |
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$1,665
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,665
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,665
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$1,665
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$1,665
- ATTUNE$142
How this compares
$3,910 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 37 | $217 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 30 | $156 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 12 | $151 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Omaha
- Alex LesiakOmaha$4K
- Daniel GaffneyOmaha$1K
- John McCarthyOmaha$1K
- Michael CoffeyOmaha$906
- Jason MickelsOmaha$775
- Nicholas BruggemanOmaha$659
- David CloughOmaha$648
- Jeffrey TiedemanOmaha$458
- Richard MurphyOmaha$382
- Todd GaddieOmaha$238
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.