Benjamin Kamel, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Pomona, CANPI 1396192712
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $22,000 of the $36,199 with a category attached, or 60.8%. Arthrex accounts for 81.6% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $10,888 and has fallen 76.4% since, to $2,566 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 83 payments — averaging $436.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$30K
- Empire Medical, Inc$3K
- Medshape, Inc.$2K
- Butterfly Network, Inc.$720
- Stryker$575
- Smith+Nephew$308
- plus $382 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,8198%
- Speaking & faculty fees$22,00061%
- Travel & lodging$1,7255%
- Food & beverage$2,4557%
- Education$7,20020%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 39 | $29,550 |
| Empire Medical, Inc | 8 | $2,515 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 2 | $2,149 |
| Butterfly Network, Inc. | 1 | $720 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 15 | $575 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $308 |
| Vital Orthopedics LLC | 2 | $112 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $66 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $46 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $44 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $24 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 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.
- Lapidus Correction Jig, Right$2,099
- DynaClip Bone Fixation System, Quattro, 22mm x 20mm x 20mm$2,099
- PROPHECY$140
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS FOOT & ANKLE DYNANITE$115
How this compares
$36,199 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,126 foot & ankle surgery providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 64 | $831 |
| Ibuprofen | 93 | $537 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 61 | $325 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 12 | $249 |
| Gabapentin | 32 | $193 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $60 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 22 | $55 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Pomona
- Joseph ParkPomona$36K
- Eric GizaSacramento$3.6M
- Thomas HarrisPasadena$3M
- Thomas ChangSanta Rosa$2M
- Michael CoughlinSan Francisco$1.6M
- Vladimir ZeetserEncino$677K
- Jason NowakRedding$526K
- Candice BradyCamarillo$462K
- Andrew HsuOrange$456K
- Eric TanLos Angeles$447K
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.