Samuel Cemaj, MD
Surgical Critical Care · Omaha, NENPI 1497869812
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 21 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 59.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $679 and has fallen 97.6% since, to $16 in 2025.
Across 21 payments — averaging $101.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Kls-martin L.p.$182
- AbbVie$130
- Innovation Technologies Inc$128
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$120
- Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC$114
- plus $192 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,125100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $1,258 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $182 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $130 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $128 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $114 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $96 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $70 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $27 |
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.
- GRAFIX PL$1,091
- Stravix$1,075
- Grafix XC$483
- STRAVIX PL$358
- Oasis$353
- STRATTICE$130
- Irrisept$128
- Grafix PRIME$125
- Grafix CORE$125
- Grafix PL PRIME$125
- SYNECOR Biomaterial$120
- ANDEXXA$114
How this compares
Too few surgical critical care providers in Nebraskato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 surgical critical care in Omaha
- Zachary BaumanOmaha$368K
- Keely BuesingOmaha$8K
- John TierneyOmaha$8K
- Bennett BerningOmaha$3K
- Emily CantrellOmaha$1K
- Kevin KempOmaha$1K
- William TerzianOmaha$860
- Charity EvansOmaha$453
- Brett WaibelOmaha$135
- Matthew GoedeOmaha$123
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.