Andrew Sands, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · New York, NYNPI 1598730178
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (35.9%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Synthes GmbH accounts for 64.5% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $18,319 and has fallen 98.8% since, to $213 in 2025. Among foot and ankle surgery clinicians in NY 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 69 payments — averaging $554.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$25K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$9K
- Synthes USA Products LLC$1K
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$809
- Johnson & Johnson$415
- plus $601 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,03524%
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,12832%
- Travel & lodging$13,73336%
- Food & beverage$2,1536%
- Education$1,2003%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 36 | $24,667 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $9,302 |
| Synthes USA Products LLC | 9 | $1,255 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 1 | $1,200 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 7 | $809 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $415 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $363 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $122 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $116 |
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
$38,249 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 652 foot and ankle surgery providers in New York.
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.
Other foot and ankle surgery in New York
- Jonathan DelandNew York$4M
- Constantine DemetracopoulosNew York$888K
- Anne JohnsonNew York$815K
- Scott EllisNew York$597K
- John KennedyNew York$534K
- Stuart MogulNew York$131K
- Deena HornNew York$93K
- John DoolanNew York$87K
- Jason SnyderNew York$79K
- Meghan KellyNew York$75K
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.