Shafe Boles, MD
Hand Surgery · Owensboro, KYNPI 1871596379
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $278 of the $328 with a category attached, or 84.7%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 41.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $90 and has fallen 74.1% since, to $23 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for hand surgery clinicians in KY, where the typical reported total is $2,532.
Across 12 payments — averaging $27.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$137
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$52
- Trice Medical, Inc.$50
- Stryker$40
- Vertex$23
- Vericel Corporation$13
- plus $12 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5015%
- Food & beverage$27885%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $137 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Stryker | 1 | $40 |
| Vertex | 1 | $23 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$328 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 56 hand 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 | 161 | $661 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Owensboro
- Amitava GuptaLouisville$175K
- James BakerEdgewood$40K
- Tuna OzyurekogluLouisville$25K
- Stephanie MerimeeLouisville$16K
- Luke RobinsonLouisville$12K
- Monica PecacheLouisville$11K
- Rodrigo Moreno GarciaLouisville$10K
- Maureen OshaughnessyLexington$8K
- Michelle PalazzoLouisville$7K
- Jorge Quintero PerezLouisville$7K
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.