Ronald Kaler, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Rogers, ARNPI 1972576072
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $5,048 of the $7,927 with a category attached, or 63.7%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 51.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,077, more than ten times the $218 reported in 2019.
Across 70 payments — averaging $113.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$4K
- Stryker$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Midsouth Orthopedics Inc.$173
- Medacta USA, Inc.$115
- Johnson & Johnson$45
- plus $59 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,04864%
- Food & beverage$2,87936%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 35 | $4,088 |
| Stryker | 18 | $1,847 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $1,601 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 3 | $173 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $45 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Velys$1,393
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$1,034
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$812
- Oxford$621
- Persona$263
- Comprehensive Primary Stem$252
- MAKO$150
- Juggerknotless Soft Anchor$129
- DVR Anatomic Kickstand$129
- GAMMA$128
- GMK SPHERE$115
How this compares
$7,927 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 168 orthopaedic surgery providers in Arkansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 60 | $567 |
| Mupirocin | 16 | $116 |
| Cephalexin | 17 | $51 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 14 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Rogers
- Patrick DickersonRogers$47K
- Isaac MajorsRogers$6K
- Aaron OwenRogers$5K
- Benjamin StronachLittle Rock$2.5M
- Charles BarnesLittle Rock$2.1M
- Kenneth MartinLittle Rock$322K
- Wesley CoxFayetteville$309K
- William HefleyNorth Little Rock$306K
- David BumpassLittle Rock$175K
- Lawrence O'MalleyLittle Rock$151K
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.