Adam Buffington, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Crystal Lake, ILNPI 1396197604
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (49.9%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 53.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $7,562 and has fallen 69.3% since, to $2,320 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 248 payments — averaging $111.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$15K
- Arthrex$4K
- Wardlow Enterprises$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$2K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,53827%
- Food & beverage$13,75750%
- Education$6,25323%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 153 | $14,796 |
| Arthrex | 24 | $4,067 |
| Wardlow Enterprises | 11 | $2,111 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 13 | $1,960 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 8 | $1,942 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 10 | $1,003 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $621 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $330 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $176 |
| Medline Industries LP | 2 | $123 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 1 | $108 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Oak Med, Inc. | 1 | $66 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $54 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| CPM Medical Consultants, LLC | 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.
- HOFFMANN$2,657
- SALTO TALARIS TOTAL ANKLE PROSTHESIS$1,578
- CADENCE ANKLE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM$1,578
- HALLU-LOCK$1,578
- PANTA NAIL$1,578
- TOTAL FOOT SYSTEM$1,578
- VARIAX$1,407
- Product Portfolio$1,306
- INFINITY$1,088
- STAR$966
- T2$926
- INBONE$847
- ANCHORAGE$837
- CANNULATED SCREWS$752
- PRIME SERIES$713
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$638
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$612
- PROSTEP MICA$606
- EASY CLIP$536
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$531
How this compares
$27,548 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 555 foot & ankle surgery providers in Illinois.
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 | 54 | $595 |
| Hydroxyzine Hcl | 24 | $380 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 26 | $178 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 16 | $124 |
| Hydroxyzine Pamoate | 18 | $118 |
| Methylprednisolone | 30 | $112 |
| Cephalexin | 49 | $100 |
| Meloxicam | 43 | $80 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 13 | $45 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Crystal Lake
- Rimvydas StatkusCrystal Lake$59K
- Douglas PacaccioRockford$4.1M
- Anand VoraLibertyville$3.2M
- Lowell WeilMount Prospect$2.2M
- Matthew SorensenAlgonquin$1.1M
- Edgardo Rodriguez CollazoChicago$755K
- David GarrasOrland Park$658K
- Patrick McEneaneyCary$570K
- Brian BurgessNaperville$488K
- Kyle PearsonMorris$208K
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.