Nishant Dwivedi, MD
Hand Surgery · Blaine, MNNPI 1386139327
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (54.6%), grants and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Elite Orthopedics, LLC at 52.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $10,822 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $19 in 2025. Among hand surgery clinicians in MN 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 18 payments — averaging $1290.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$12K
- Arthrex$10K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$511
- Stryker$221
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$140
- Johnson & Johnson$125
- plus $59 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$9,99043%
- Food & beverage$5462%
- Education$12,68955%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 6 | $12,178 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $9,990 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $511 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 3 | $221 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $140 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $125 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $40 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
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.
How this compares
$23,225 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 38 hand surgery providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 28 | $109 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 16 | $106 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Blaine
- David MatsonBlaine$2K
- Kelsey OvermanPlymouth$19K
- Matthew Tarabochia-GastWoodbury$11K
- Mark FischerRobbinsdale$10K
- John BreenEdina$8K
- Amy MoellerBurnsville$8K
- John DelaneyEagan$8K
- Christina WardSt. Paul$8K
- Venus VakhshoriMinneapolis$7K
- Colin FennellCrookston$7K
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.