Rebecca Kelso

NPI: 1902928799
Total Payments
$75,499
2024 Payments
$742.64
Companies
22
Transactions
156
Medicare Patients
2,004
Medicare Billing
$386,230

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$48,500 (64.2%)
Consulting$14,200 (18.8%)
Travel$8,477 (11.2%)
Food & Beverage$4,322 (5.7%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $47,000 15 62.3%
Consulting Fee $14,200 8 18.8%
Travel and Lodging $8,477 44 11.2%
Food and Beverage $4,322 88 5.7%
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program $1,500 1 2.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Globus Medical, Inc. $62,129 49 $0 (2024)
NuVasive, Inc. $7,409 33 $0 (2022)
Synthes GmbH $2,531 4 $0 (2023)
Cook Medical LLC $995.98 23 $0 (2024)
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $920.38 13 $0 (2024)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $388.00 6 $0 (2020)
Silk Road Medical, Inc. $298.99 3 $0 (2023)
CVRx, Inc. $165.71 5 $0 (2024)
Endologix, Inc. $112.61 1 $0 (2017)
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $109.86 1 $0 (2018)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $742.64 17 Globus Medical, Inc. ($328.90)
2023 $16,526 33 Globus Medical, Inc. ($13,266)
2022 $33,611 61 Globus Medical, Inc. ($29,230)
2021 $15,531 12 Globus Medical, Inc. ($11,861)
2020 $1,276 5 Globus Medical, Inc. ($1,236)
2019 $7,287 18 Globus Medical, Inc. ($6,208)
2018 $306.19 8 Cook Medical LLC ($150.39)
2017 $219.82 2 Endologix, Inc. ($112.61)

All Payment Transactions

156 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 7

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/18/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. Independence MIS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $99.55 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
10/28/2024 Janssen Biotech, Inc. TREMFYA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.40 General
Category: Immunology
10/18/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. MARS Anterior Retractor (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $63.87 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
09/20/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. MARS Anterior Retractor (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $165.48 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
08/21/2024 Cook Medical LLC COOK (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $6.66 General
Category: Aortic Intervention
08/19/2024 Cook Medical LLC COOK (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $15.41 General
Category: Aortic Intervention
08/05/2024 BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $21.82 General
07/25/2024 W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $140.10 General
Category: Devices
07/25/2024 W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.65 General
Category: Devices
06/24/2024 BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.76 General
06/10/2024 BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.44 General
05/20/2024 La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company GIAPREZA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.68 General
Category: EMERGENT HYPOTENSION
04/17/2024 Tactile Systems Technology Inc Flexitouch Plus (Device), Entre Plus Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.87 General
Category: PNEUMATIC COMPRESSOR
02/27/2024 LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. ARTEGRAFT VASCULAR GRAFT (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $19.95 General
Category: ARTEGRAFT
02/19/2024 LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. ARTEGRAFT VASCULAR GRAFT (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $16.08 General
Category: ARTEGRAFT
01/04/2024 Cook Medical LLC COOK (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $23.12 General
Category: Aortic Intervention
01/01/2024 CVRx, Inc. Barostim Neo System (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $37.80 General
Category: Heart Failure and Hypertension
12/09/2023 Synthes GmbH Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Cash or cash equivalent $1,500.00 General
12/09/2023 Synthes GmbH Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $502.30 General
12/09/2023 Synthes GmbH Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $404.54 General
12/09/2023 Synthes GmbH Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $123.75 General
11/07/2023 Cook Medical LLC LUNDERQUIST (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $5.05 General
Category: Aortic Intervention
10/24/2023 CVRx, Inc. Barostim Neo System (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $28.68 General
Category: Heart Failure and Hypertension
10/18/2023 Medtronic, Inc. ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.39 General
Category: TL
09/12/2023 Cook Medical LLC COOK (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $6.60 General
Category: Aortic Intervention

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 10 418 452 $583,017 $97,660
2022 12 517 541 $599,954 $112,932
2021 18 630 647 $600,945 $122,461
2020 12 439 463 $242,706 $53,177
Total Patients
2,004
Total Services
2,103
Medicare Billing
$386,230
Procedure Codes
52

All Medicare Procedures & Services

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

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
22558 Fusion of lower spine bone through abdomen with partial removal of disc Facility 2023 94 96 $446,592 $67,199 15.0%
22585 Fusion of spine bones through front of body with partial removal of disc, each additional disc Facility 2023 53 67 $66,866 $9,957 14.9%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 80 88 $16,489 $5,562 33.7%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 32 32 $19,648 $4,939 25.1%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 28 32 $9,312 $2,932 31.5%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 24 24 $11,616 $2,771 23.9%
99441 Telephone medical discussion with physician, 5-10 minutes Office 2023 70 70 $7,420 $2,655 35.8%
75710 Review by radiologist of arm or leg artery image Facility 2023 11 12 $1,872 $745.80 39.8%
99442 Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes Office 2023 11 12 $2,100 $694.42 33.1%
76937 Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access Facility 2023 15 19 $1,102 $203.87 18.5%
22558 Fusion of lower spine bone through abdomen with partial removal of disc Facility 2022 91 91 $423,332 $67,947 16.1%
22585 Fusion of spine bones through front of body with partial removal of disc, each additional disc Facility 2022 47 61 $60,878 $9,509 15.6%
93880 Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow Office 2022 51 51 $27,540 $7,046 25.6%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2022 39 39 $18,360 $6,337 34.5%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 84 91 $14,523 $6,159 42.4%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 29 29 $10,508 $3,427 32.6%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 31 34 $7,980 $3,219 40.3%
99441 Telephone medical discussion with physician, 5-10 minutes Office 2022 66 66 $6,996 $2,688 38.4%
93970 Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers Office 2022 17 17 $9,163 $2,275 24.8%
93978 Complete ultrasound of aorta, vena cava, groin vessels or bypass grafts Office 2022 19 19 $9,481 $1,988 21.0%
93922 Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries Office 2022 28 28 $8,568 $1,345 15.7%
99442 Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes Office 2022 15 15 $2,625 $991.19 37.8%
22558 Fusion of spine bones with removal of disc at lower spinal column, anterior approach Facility 2021 83 83 $386,116 $62,362 16.2%
93880 Ultrasound scanning of blood flow (outside the brain) on both sides of head and neck Office 2021 82 83 $44,820 $12,147 27.1%
99205 New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes Office 2021 47 47 $21,949 $8,017 36.5%

About Rebecca Kelso

Rebecca Kelso is a Surgery healthcare provider based in Charlotte, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/04/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1902928799.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Rebecca Kelso has received a total of $75,499 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $742.64 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 156 transactions from 22 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($47,000).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Kelso has provided services to 2,004 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 2,103 services with total Medicare billing of $386,230. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 52 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Surgery
  • Other Specialties Surgery, Vascular Surgery
  • Location Charlotte, NC
  • Active Since 04/04/2007
  • Last Updated 02/08/2023
  • Taxonomy Code 208600000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1902928799

Products in Payments

  • ALIF (Device) $19,151
  • MARS Anterior Retractor (Device) $12,629
  • FORTIFY (Device) $10,021
  • QUARTEX (Device) $7,813
  • ALIF Retractor (Device) $6,900
  • MARS (Device) $4,996
  • INDEPENDENCE (Device) $4,000
  • Direct Look Lat (Device) $1,600
  • GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis (Device) $707.51
  • XLIF (Device) $624.23
  • CREO 5.5 (Device) $422.96
  • COOK (Device) $398.67
  • MARS 3VL Retractor (Device) $351.12
  • Endurant (Device) $303.27
  • ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System (Device) $298.99
  • CREO (Device) $278.64
  • MARS 3V/3VL (Device) $278.64
  • CALIBER (Device) $198.36
  • Barostim Neo System (Device) $165.71
  • Excelsius Robotics System (Device) $150.83

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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