Scott McPherson
Hand Surgery · Sioux Falls, SDNPI 1013993195
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 12 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 Trimed, Inc. at 27.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $225 and has fallen 63.7% since, to $82 in 2025.
Across 12 payments — averaging $63.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Trimed, Inc.$206
- Johnson & Johnson$119
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$111
- Arthrosurface Incorporated$100
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$58
- Stryker$57
- plus $104 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$756100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trimed, Inc. | 2 | $206 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $119 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $111 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $100 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $58 |
| Stryker | 1 | $57 |
| Axogen | 1 | $56 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $33 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
Too few hand surgery providers in South Dakotato 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 11 | $111 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Sioux Falls
- Elizabeth HelsperSioux Falls$7K
- Robert VandemarkSioux Falls$2K
- Kathlyn DrexlerSioux Falls$2K
- David JonesSioux Falls$1K
- Matthew AndersonSioux Falls$865
- Rocio Fuentes BarrowSioux Falls$592
- Hillary BeckerSioux Falls$439
- Kelly McKnight PurcellSioux Falls$124
- Richard CurdSioux Falls$85
- Tibor WarganichDakota Dunes$25K
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.