Nicole Conkling, MD
Surgery of the Hand · Orange, CANPI 1477895779
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,425 of the $14,097 with a category attached, or 66.9%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Trimed, Inc. at 32.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,155, more than ten times the $73 reported in 2019. Among surgery of the hand clinicians in CA 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 106 payments — averaging $132.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Trimed, Inc.$5K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$3K
- Axogen$2K
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$688
- Polynovo North America LLC$640
- AbbVie$625
- plus $3K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,0007%
- Travel & lodging$3,59525%
- Food & beverage$9,42567%
- Education$781%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trimed, Inc. | 14 | $4,551 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 18 | $3,332 |
| Axogen | 15 | $1,552 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 12 | $688 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 6 | $640 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $625 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 3 | $388 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 3 | $374 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 7 | $321 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $306 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 3 | $271 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Orthocell LTD | 1 | $147 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $136 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $135 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $74 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| BD | 1 | $33 |
| Stryker | 1 | $32 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $24 |
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.
- OviTex 2S$2,832
- Tools - WFS$2,461
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$868
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$369
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$369
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$369
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$369
- Novosorb BTM$356
- CORTIVA ALLOGRAFT DERMIS$300
- Motiva Implant Matrix$292
- XIAFLEX$279
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$271
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$266
- Checkpoint Stimulators$244
- DuraSorb Monofilament Mesh$172
- Restrata Wound Matrix$148
- Remplir$147
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$130
- HemoBlast Bellows$126
- PURAPLY WOUND MATRIX$122
How this compares
$14,097 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 76 surgery of the hand providers in California.
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 surgery of the hand in Orange
- James ColemanOrange$9K
- Andres TaleisnikOrange$3K
- Bauback SafaSan Francisco$172K
- Emily Perezla Mirada$56K
- Joshua GluckVentura$26K
- Howard SutkinLos Gatos$22K
- Aaron BergerOakland$14K
- Marie DuschSanta Maria$11K
- Andre IshakOxnard$11K
- Alfonso CamberosSan Diego$10K
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.