Scott Shawen, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1386749133
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.2%), royalties or licence payments and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medline Industries LP at 26.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $103,222, 3.2 times the $31,851 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 479 payments — averaging $1049.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medline Industries LP$132K
- Johnson & Johnson$110K
- Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC$86K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$70K
- Restor3d, Inc.$31K
- KCI USA, Inc.$24K
- plus $49K from 21 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $5400.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Smith+Nephew$5K
Across 4 payments — averaging $28,126 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- GLW, Inc$93K
- Restor3d, Inc.$19K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$152,13730%
- Consulting fees$277,28655%
- Speaking & faculty fees$22,0754%
- Travel & lodging$34,4127%
- Food & beverage$11,3022%
- Education$5,5041%
- Gifts$660%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medline Industries LP | 116 | $131,985 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 51 | $110,319 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 64 | $86,375 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 71 | $70,475 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 22 | $31,011 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 21 | $23,687 |
| Synthes USA Products LLC | 8 | $15,143 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 20 | $9,248 |
| GLW, Inc | 2 | $7,646 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 31 | $7,535 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 32 | $3,026 |
| Panther Orthopedics, Inc. | 3 | $2,849 |
| Responsive Arthroscopy Inc | 5 | $1,220 |
| International Life Sciences | 2 | $638 |
| Kerecis Limited | 9 | $309 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 2 | $270 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $217 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $147 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $146 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| ERMI LLC | 2 | $127 |
| Embody, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $39 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $14 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
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.
- MEDLINE UNITE$194,204
- MOTOBAND$83,202
- MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.$70,588
- MEDLINE$66,186
- Medical Implant$56,737
- PENDING$33,093
- MJFS4536$24,592
- Dermatology and Wound Care$21,149
- PREVENA$20,020
- PREVENA RESTOR AXIO-FORM$15,656
- PREVENA RESTOR ARTHO-FORM$15,065
- Prevena Restor Bella Form$9,365
- PREVENA RESTOR ROTO-FORM$9,144
- Orthopedic Kits: UNITE Kit, Distal Tibia Plating$8,708
- UNITE Kit$8,708
- TrueLok$6,470
- Polyaxial Locking Miniscrew$5,954
- PREVENA RESTOR AXIOFORM$2,850
- Creed HammerThread$2,632
- TL-HEX TRUELOK HEXAPOD SYSTEM$2,543
How this compares
$502,782 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 845 orthopaedic surgery providers in North Carolina.
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 | 158 | $803 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 121 | $561 |
| Pregabalin | 13 | $406 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 32 | $237 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 27 | $233 |
| Meloxicam | 41 | $127 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Charlotte
- Thomas FehringCharlotte$18.3M
- Walter BeaverCharlotte$7.4M
- Robert AndersonCharlotte$6.6M
- John MasonCharlotte$5.7M
- William DavisCharlotte$5.2M
- John EllingtonCharlotte$4.9M
- Carroll JonesCharlotte$3.6M
- John MasonisCharlotte$3.4M
- Bruce CohenCharlotte$2.4M
- Anthony KwonCharlotte$1.9M
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.