Thomas Keller, MD
Sports Medicine · Kailua, HINPI 1225297997
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $169,260 of the $176,871 with a category attached, or 95.7%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 97.3% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $169,350 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $633 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in HI 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 71 payments — averaging $2491.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$172K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Summit Surgical Corp.$1K
- Stryker$438
- Trice Medical, Inc.$200
- Linvatec Corporation$125
- plus $618 from 9 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $45,342 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Zimmer Biomet$181K
- Embody, Inc.$0
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2000%
- Travel & lodging$3,4232%
- Food & beverage$2,6952%
- Education$1,2931%
- Other$169,26096%
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 | 25 | $172,093 |
| Smith+Nephew | 13 | $1,954 |
| Summit Surgical Corp. | 4 | $1,443 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 11 | $438 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $200 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $125 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $102 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $102 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $87 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $85 |
| Acumed LLC | 3 | $79 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $68 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $45 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Alaska Medical Technologies, LLC | 1 | $22 |
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.
- TAPESTRY$169,088
- Oxford$1,810
- BIORAPTOR$822
- Accu-pass$822
- Healicoil$670
- Segway blade or mieye camera$200
- ROSA-Knee$119
- ABSOLUTE BI-POLAR SHOULDER SYSTEM$115
- Persona$106
- Z1 HIP SYSTEM$106
- Allograft VMIS Delivery System$102
- SHOULDER IMPLANTS SPEEDBRIDGE COMPOSITE ANCHORS$102
How this compares
$176,871 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 31 sports medicine providers in Hawaii.
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 sports medicine in Kailua
- Linda RasmussenKailua$7K
- Christopher TaylorKailua$461
- Craig BottoniTripler Army Medical Center$202K
- Jeffery HarpstriteHonolulu$153K
- Alexander GarberHonolulu$43K
- Daniel LimHonolulu$28K
- Megan KubaHonolulu$9K
- Jae YouHonolulu$8K
- Jay MarumotoHonolulu$3K
- Charles SomaKihei$2K
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.