Alexander Lakner, DPM
Podiatrist · Greenbelt, MDNPI 1578125399
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.8% of the total across 28 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Kerecis Limited at 32.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $824 and has fallen 55.6% since, to $366 in 2025.
Across 28 payments — averaging $62.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kerecis Limited$574
- Smith+Nephew$245
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$207
- Accufix Surgical Inc.$132
- Convatec Inc.$125
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$119
- plus $359 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$211%
- Food & beverage$1,74099%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kerecis Limited | 6 | $574 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $245 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 4 | $207 |
| Accufix Surgical Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $112 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $81 |
| Native Surgical, LLC | 2 | $48 |
| Biowound Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Amgen | 1 | $28 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $27 |
| Progenacare Global, LLC | 1 | $21 |
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.
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$1,083
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$855
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$316
- Accu-Joint$132
- InnovaMatrix AC$125
- GRAFIX PL$124
- NUZYRA$119
How this compares
$1,762 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 183 podiatrist providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Terbinafine Hcl | 26 | $256 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Greenbelt
- Alan DeroyGreenbelt$4K
- Aparna DuggiralaGreenbelt$2K
- Ijeoma NwujuBethesda$601K
- David Linla Plata$75K
- Ira GottliebPasadena$25K
- Teresa HilliardHyattsville$19K
- Andreas KaikisHagerstown$17K
- Tiffany HohBaltimore$17K
- Shashank SrivastavaFrederick$15K
- Hayden HofflerCatonsville$15K
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.