Scott Kuiper, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Louisville, KYNPI 1245221803
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (57.0%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Exactech, Inc. at 48.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $26,493 and has fallen 64.8% since, to $9,325 in 2025.
Across 97 payments — averaging $461.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exactech, Inc.$22K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$17K
- Arthrex$3K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$2K
- Encore Medical, LP$374
- Smith+Nephew$345
- plus $633 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$25,50057%
- Travel & lodging$13,30130%
- Food & beverage$4,72011%
- Education$1,2003%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exactech, Inc. | 23 | $21,806 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 29 | $17,154 |
| Arthrex | 20 | $2,609 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $1,800 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 4 | $374 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $345 |
| Stryker | 3 | $193 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $158 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $48 |
| Blue Surgical LLC | 1 | $44 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $33 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Amgen | 1 | $19 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $17 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- EQUINOXE$21,752
- Shoulder System$8,105
- MECTA$7,931
- DJO SURGICAL$719
- Snugfit$336
- AMISTEM$166
- OVO Motion$158
- RevoMotion$158
- REUNION$130
- Regeneten$124
- Coblation Wands$124
- Healicoil$124
- Dyonics Power$124
- ACCUPASS DIRECT Crescent XL$124
- NA$121
How this compares
$44,721 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 240 | $1,566 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 63 | $478 |
| Meloxicam | 87 | $278 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 13 | $144 |
| Methylprednisolone | 37 | $142 |
| Ibuprofen | 20 | $127 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 25 | $120 |
| Amoxicillin | 55 | $61 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $55 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 11 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Louisville
- Arthur MalkaniLouisville$9.6M
- Jonathan YerasimidesLouisville$4.3M
- John LewisLouisville$1.5M
- Akbar NawabLouisville$1M
- Joseph GreeneLouisville$581K
- George QuillLouisville$304K
- Rodolfo Zamora RendichLouisville$292K
- Richard SweetLouisville$238K
- Frank BonnarensLouisville$146K
- Ryan EadsLouisville$99K
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.