Richard Kapitan
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1245242718
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $244,185 of the $360,798 with a category attached, or 67.7%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimvie Inc. at 49.9% of the total. Among oral and maxillofacial surgery clinicians in NC 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 352 payments — averaging $1024.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimvie Inc.$180K
- Zimmer Biomet$85K
- Straumann USA LLC$76K
- Dentsply IH Inc.$16K
- Thommen Medical USA, LLC$1K
- Kls-martin L.p.$799
- plus $2K from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$244,18568%
- Speaking & faculty fees$87,00024%
- Travel & lodging$20,2566%
- Food & beverage$8,8232%
- Education$250%
- Gifts$2680%
- Entertainment$2410%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimvie Inc. | 157 | $179,982 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 115 | $85,394 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 32 | $76,366 |
| Dentsply IH Inc. | 18 | $15,592 |
| Thommen Medical USA, LLC | 4 | $1,078 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 4 | $799 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 4 | $639 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 14 | $602 |
| Salvin Dental Specialties, Inc. | 1 | $202 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 2 | $125 |
| Stryker | 1 | $21 |
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.
- Tapered Screw-Vent$84,097
- Zimmer Biomet Instruments and Implants$49,880
- OSSEOTITE NT$30,463
- BioMend$27,928
- TSX Implants$22,130
- Diem2-RevitaliZe$21,500
- Implant Dentistry$13,355
- Diem2$10,606
- Biomet Biologics$10,140
- TSV 4mm Machined Collar MTX$9,460
- COPIOS Pericardium Membrane$8,600
- Allograft DBM$8,600
- Dental-None$4,483
- BioSet$2,716
- Bellatek$2,685
- 3DIEMME RealGUIDE$2,685
- NAVIGATOR CERTAIN$2,685
- Provisional$2,580
- ASTRA TECH Implant System$2,083
- TM MTX$603
How this compares
$360,798 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 226 oral and maxillofacial surgery providers in North Carolina.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 103 | $373 |
| Amoxicillin | 107 | $349 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 57 | $265 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 25 | $123 |
| Ibuprofen | 31 | $84 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 14 | $83 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other oral and maxillofacial surgery in Charlotte
- Myron TuckerCharlotte$108K
- Brian FarrellCharlotte$98K
- Shannon ParsonsCharlotte$64K
- Andrew HenryCharlotte$32K
- Edward AlessandriniCharlotte$24K
- John NaleCharlotte$19K
- Priveer SharmaCharlotte$6K
- Waheed MohamedCharlotte$3K
- Peter FrancoCharlotte$3K
- Kent MooreCharlotte$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.