Thomas Owen, MD
Hand Surgery · Billings, MTNPI 1790950889
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (52.9%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 86.5% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,621 and has fallen 91.1% since, to $233 in 2021.
Across 31 payments — averaging $97.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Stryker$361
- RSW Medical Company, Inc.$33
- Medacta USA, Inc.$13
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$68823%
- Food & beverage$73024%
- Education$1,59153%
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 | 26 | $2,604 |
| Stryker | 3 | $361 |
| RSW Medical Company, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
Too few hand surgery providers in Montanato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 82 | $584 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 49 | $299 |
| Cephalexin | 52 | $163 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 134 | $159 |
| Meloxicam | 103 | $141 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Billings
- Kiley ZieglerBillings$450
- Nicholas BeckBillings$90
- Barry SmithBillings$29
- Ralph CostanzoBillings$0
- Heidi ShorsKalispell$108K
- Julie AdamsKalispell$100K
- Nathaniel FogelKalispell$5K
- Alexander ChungGreat Falls$3K
- Charles SullivanMissoula$226
- Taylor BuckleyMissoula$125
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.