Thomas Carver, MD
Trauma Surgery · Milwaukee, WINPI 1437121548
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (45.9%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. CLR Medical, Inc. accounts for 76.2% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,664, more than ten times the $158 reported in 2019.
Across 28 payments — averaging $176.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- CLR Medical, Inc.$4K
- Zimmer Biomet$307
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$253
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$151
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$113
- Johnson & Johnson$107
- plus $247 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,27546%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,50030%
- Food & beverage$1,17824%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CLR Medical, Inc. | 2 | $3,775 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $307 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 7 | $253 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $151 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $113 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $107 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 3 | $98 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $74 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $10 |
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.
How this compares
$4,953 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 40 trauma surgery providers in Wisconsin.
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.
Other trauma surgery in Milwaukee
- Lewis SombergMilwaukee$36K
- Patrick MurphyMilwaukee$32K
- Marshall BeckmanMilwaukee$13K
- Daniel HolenaMilwaukee$11K
- Rachel MorrisMilwaukee$7K
- Joshua PearlMilwaukee$5K
- Nathan CarlsonMilwaukee$2K
- Ally HynesMilwaukee$709
- Christopher DodgionMilwaukee$282
- Anuoluwapo ElegbedeMilwaukee$250
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.