Thomas Christensen, MD
Hand Surgery · Reno, NVNPI 1366616278
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (44.0%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Trimed, Inc. accounts for 86.5% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,051 and has fallen 95.6% since, to $222 in 2025.
Across 30 payments — averaging $241.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Trimed, Inc.$6K
- Axogen$430
- Catalyst Orthoscience$139
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$138
- Kerecis Limited$102
- Bioventus LLC$47
- plus $120 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,25031%
- Travel & lodging$1,67523%
- Food & beverage$3,19344%
- Education$1202%
- Entertainment$180%
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. | 15 | $6,281 |
| Axogen | 4 | $430 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 2 | $139 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $102 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $32 |
| Amgen | 1 | $31 |
| Stryker | 1 | $19 |
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
$7,257 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 24 hand surgery providers in Nevada.
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 Hcl | 144 | $893 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 136 | $720 |
| Celecoxib | 27 | $445 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 13 | $170 |
| Methylprednisolone | 23 | $149 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Reno
- Michael LilyquistReno$46K
- Nikola BabovicReno$7K
- James ChristensenReno$2K
- Kirk KaiserReno$2K
- Alan MicevLas Vegas$53K
- Kevin GolshaniHenderson$32K
- Edward BirdsongCarson City$28K
- Andrew WatkinsNellis Afb$19K
- James VaheyLas Vegas$8K
- Jonathan SorelleLas Vegas$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.