Thomas Kovack, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Dublin, OHNPI 1558303305
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.3%), royalties or licence payments and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 60.7% of it on its own, with 26 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $45,420 and has fallen 72.0% since, to $12,700 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in OH 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 298 payments — averaging $556.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$101K
- FH Orthopedics, Inc.$19K
- FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc$16K
- Arthrosurface Incorporated$6K
- CDC Medical LLC$6K
- Stryker$5K
- plus $13K from 21 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $655.20 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$7K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$37,63023%
- Consulting fees$73,59344%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,22510%
- Travel & lodging$16,95710%
- Food & beverage$17,03910%
- Education$4,4983%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 77 | $100,775 |
| FH Orthopedics, Inc. | 10 | $19,330 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 13 | $16,308 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 22 | $6,109 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 38 | $5,939 |
| Stryker | 38 | $4,585 |
| Globus Medical | 14 | $2,674 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 28 | $2,549 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 12 | $2,401 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 9 | $942 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $907 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $864 |
| Ossio Inc | 3 | $858 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 5 | $432 |
| COSA Medical, LLC | 4 | $293 |
| Parcus Medical, LLC | 1 | $170 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $85 |
| Stability Biologics, LLC | 1 | $85 |
| Abbott | 1 | $68 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ARTHREX$42,749
- AR-19021TT$22,814
- Arrow$14,965
- HemiCAP Shoulder$4,648
- EVO Antegrade$2,033
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS ANATOMIC TOTAL SHOULDER ECLIPSE$1,800
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS REVERS TOTAL SHOULDER REVERS$1,800
- TACTOSET$1,723
- MAKO$1,043
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$939
- Regeneten$766
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$681
- AQUAMANTYS$673
- REUNION$521
- OVOMotion$484
- SIMPLICITI$476
- HemiCAP$382
- RevoMotion$382
- HEMICAPOVO$382
- NA$361
How this compares
$165,943 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 794 orthopaedic surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naloxone Hcl | 17 | $987 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 102 | $529 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 65 | $403 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 45 | $360 |
| Cephalexin | 40 | $117 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 29 | $102 |
| Methylprednisolone | 27 | $95 |
| Amoxicillin | 35 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Dublin
- Reuben GobezieCleveland$12M
- Gregory BerletWorthington$9.6M
- Wael BarsoumCleveland$8.9M
- Brian CohenChillicothe$8.8M
- Joseph IannottiCleveland$7.1M
- John SontichYoungstown$3.6M
- Anthony MiniaciCleveland$3.1M
- David WelkerMiamisburg$2.8M
- Kenneth GreeneCleveland$2.6M
- Mark FroimsonCleveland$2.5M
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.