Total Payments
$650,759
2024 Payments
$29,426
Companies
26
Transactions
497
Medicare Patients
4,901
Medicare Billing
$701,399

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$393,254 (60.4%)
Royalty/License$200,000 (30.7%)
Travel$38,058 (5.8%)
Food & Beverage$14,301 (2.2%)
Education$5,146 (0.8%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $393,254 116 60.4%
Royalty or License $200,000 2 30.7%
Travel and Lodging $38,058 133 5.8%
Food and Beverage $14,301 240 2.2%
Education $5,146 6 0.8%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $337,510 275 $0 (2024)
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $278,380 79 $0 (2024)
Ethicon US, LLC $11,330 23 $0 (2018)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $10,111 40 $0 (2024)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $7,967 41 $0 (2024)
ORTHALIGN INC $1,500 1 $0 (2017)
Arthrex, Inc. $1,162 8 $0 (2019)
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $358.77 4 $0 (2024)
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $275.11 3 $0 (2022)
Lima USA, Inc. $171.37 1 $0 (2019)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $29,426 39 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ($21,122)
2023 $195,240 47 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ($172,411)
2022 $103,211 54 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ($63,571)
2021 $69,456 66 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($54,402)
2020 $60,954 42 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($54,444)
2019 $79,350 97 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($76,914)
2018 $72,260 89 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($70,126)
2017 $40,862 63 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($21,713)

All Payment Transactions

497 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 20

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/18/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,170.00 General
11/20/2024 Osteoremedies, LLC OsteoBoost Select 10cc (Device), BioBrush, BIOWASH Surgical Irrigation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $100.69 General
Category: Orthopedics
11/13/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.71 General
11/13/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.20 General
11/12/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Avenir (Device), Arcos Education Cash or cash equivalent $3,125.00 General
Category: Hips
11/12/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Arcos (Device), Avenir Education Cash or cash equivalent $2,000.00 General
Category: Hips
11/09/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Persona (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $108.68 General
Category: Knees
10/14/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $5,265.00 General
10/14/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,340.00 General
09/16/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ATTUNE (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $167.10 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
09/16/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ATTUNE (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $167.10 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
09/13/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ATTUNE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $44.77 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
09/13/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ATTUNE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.15 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
09/13/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ATTUNE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.65 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
09/13/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ATTUNE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $0.25 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
09/13/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ATTUNE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $0.21 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
08/21/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. DYNAFORCE (Device), NA Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.34 General
Category: Trauma
08/20/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ATTUNE (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $305.24 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
08/08/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $81.93 General
07/30/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. RENASYS TOUCH (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.79 General
Category: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
07/23/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $5,557.50 General
07/23/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ATTUNE (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $173.70 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
07/23/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ATTUNE (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $105.72 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
07/19/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ATTUNE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $43.41 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
07/19/2024 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ATTUNE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $6.74 General
Category: Ortho-Knee

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 17 1,048 1,483 $765,455 $175,701
2022 18 1,329 2,052 $802,406 $203,029
2021 18 1,317 2,926 $696,125 $174,614
2020 22 1,207 3,452 $549,339 $148,054
Total Patients
4,901
Total Services
9,913
Medicare Billing
$701,399
Procedure Codes
75

All Medicare Procedures & Services

75 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
27447 Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee Facility 2023 63 67 $311,244 $64,950 20.9%
27130 Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis Facility 2023 49 50 $218,070 $49,117 22.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 126 134 $31,758 $11,816 37.2%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 155 183 $27,633 $10,644 38.5%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 83 84 $32,760 $8,877 27.1%
0054T Computer-assisted, fluoroscopic image-guided musculoskeletal surgical navigational orthopedic operation Facility 2023 47 48 $16,464 $5,345 32.5%
73562 X-ray of knee, 3 views Office 2023 138 185 $16,650 $5,200 31.2%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 75 85 $20,952 $4,525 21.6%
20985 Computer-assisted surgery for muscle and bone procedure Facility 2023 26 28 $12,670 $3,102 24.5%
73502 X-ray of hip, 2-3 views Office 2023 85 89 $7,476 $2,775 37.1%
73721 Mri scan of leg joint without contrast Office 2023 28 28 $33,572 $2,629 7.8%
J0702 Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg Office 2023 70 396 $4,356 $2,055 47.2%
77077 X-ray of joints, multiple Office 2023 50 50 $7,050 $1,653 23.4%
72148 Mri scan of lower spinal canal without contrast Office 2023 12 12 $16,152 $998.31 6.2%
G0180 Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and Office 2023 17 20 $4,220 $804.00 19.1%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 12 12 $3,300 $761.00 23.1%
73522 X-ray of both hips, 3-4 views Office 2023 12 12 $1,128 $449.65 39.9%
27447 Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee Facility 2022 66 69 $287,178 $68,828 24.0%
27130 Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis Facility 2022 37 38 $146,832 $38,243 26.0%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 170 185 $43,845 $16,799 38.3%
27487 Revision of thigh and lower leg bone components of total knee joint prosthesis Facility 2022 12 12 $57,996 $15,218 26.2%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 177 218 $32,918 $13,536 41.1%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 111 111 $43,290 $11,617 26.8%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2022 136 161 $38,412 $8,509 22.2%
73562 X-ray of knee, 3 views Office 2022 194 249 $22,410 $7,130 31.8%

About Dr. Keith Fehring, MD

Dr. Keith Fehring, MD is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Charlotte, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/15/2009. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1861629149.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Keith Fehring, MD has received a total of $650,759 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $29,426 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 497 transactions from 26 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($393,254).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Fehring has provided services to 4,901 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 9,913 services with total Medicare billing of $701,399. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 75 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • LPS (Device) $256,794
  • ATTUNE (Device) $105,048
  • ECHELON FLEX Stapler (Device) $12,745
  • ACTIS (Device) $6,073
  • Avenir (Device) $3,823
  • CORAIL (Device) $2,748
  • Persona (Device) $2,002
  • Arcos (Device) $2,000
  • ECHELON ENDOPATH Stapler (Device) $1,888
  • Velys (Device) $1,787
  • OrthAlign Plus System (Device) $1,500
  • PINNACLE (Device) $1,318
  • OSSEOTITE (Device) $1,000
  • ROSA (Device) $537.15
  • HARMONIC Product Family (Device) $480.90
  • mymobility Platform (Device) $293.94
  • JOURNEY II (Device) $280.76
  • DJO SURGICAL (Device) $227.05
  • Endurance (Device) $175.12
  • Physica (Device) $171.37

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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