Scott Farner, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Owensboro, KYNPI 1477726537
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.5%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC at 31.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,900 and has fallen 86.8% since, to $251 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in KY, where the typical reported total is $5,371.
Across 79 payments — averaging $48.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$951
- Arthrex$284
- Johnson & Johnson$219
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$204
- Ossur Americas, Inc.$164
- plus $774 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$62416%
- Food & beverage$1,92650%
- Education$1,25733%
- Other$70%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC | 2 | $1,218 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 17 | $951 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $284 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 7 | $219 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $204 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $164 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 6 | $105 |
| Amgen | 5 | $93 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $85 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $76 |
| Stryker | 3 | $70 |
| Axogen | 2 | $54 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $37 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $36 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| MF MED | 1 | $17 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 1 | $8 |
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.
- Avenir$413
- I-digits quantum$164
- G7$124
- VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS$101
How this compares
$3,814 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 322 orthopaedic surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 | 119 | $652 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 45 | $241 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 16 | $220 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $153 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $43 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 13 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Owensboro
- William PolioOwensboro$66K
- Joseph PolioOwensboro$29K
- Arthur MalkaniLouisville$9.6M
- Jonathan YerasimidesLouisville$4.3M
- John LewisLouisville$1.5M
- Akbar NawabLouisville$1M
- Samer HasanCrestview Hills$976K
- Phillip SingerBowling Green$816K
- Brent MorrisLexington$815K
- Joseph GreeneLouisville$581K
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.