Blake Hines, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Westminster, CONPI 1467893131
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (47.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC at 47.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,631 and has fallen 75.8% since, to $1,123 in 2025.
Across 144 payments — averaging $96.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$7K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$1K
- Vilex LLC$507
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$469
- Paragon 28, Inc.$402
- plus $3K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,34510%
- Food & beverage$5,96643%
- Education$6,57047%
- Entertainment$250%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 7 | $6,602 |
| Smith+Nephew | 27 | $1,967 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 6 | $1,268 |
| Vilex LLC | 3 | $507 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 18 | $469 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 7 | $402 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 9 | $363 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 4 | $323 |
| Stryker | 8 | $310 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $251 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 11 | $242 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $175 |
| Amgen | 8 | $148 |
| QT Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Axogen | 1 | $115 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $112 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 3 | $88 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $55 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Osteomed LLC | 1 | $36 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $36 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $31 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Lapiplasty System$1,156
- Stravix$721
- REDEMPTION$488
- STRAVIX PL$371
- STRAVIX MESH$251
- GRAFIX PL$251
- Portfolio$183
- QT Scanner Model 2000A$147
- INTEGRA MESHED BILAYER WOUND MATRIX$135
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$135
- PRIMATRIX$135
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$135
- INTEGRA FLOWABLE WOUND MATRIX$135
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$115
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$115
- ViviGen$113
- Grafix PL PRIME$107
How this compares
$13,907 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 181 foot & ankle surgery providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CiclopiroxCiclopirox Olamine | 73 | $2,039 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 11 | $178 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $148 |
| Meloxicam | 53 | $100 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $92 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Westminster
- Michael HoughtonFort Collins$2M
- Joshua MetzlEnglewood$1.8M
- Brad DresherColorado Springs$1.3M
- Thomas ClantonVail$1.1M
- Brett SachsWheat Ridge$806K
- Jeffrey LehrmanFort Collins$628K
- Kevin NagamaniDenver$288K
- Keith JacobsonDenver$241K
- William MontrossColorado Springs$238K
- Dustin KruseWheat Ridge$217K
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.