Brian Buchanan, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Grand Rapids, MINPI 1689617011
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 62 payments — averaging $168.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$5K
- Medwest Associates$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$278
- Abbott$140
- Globus Medical$113
- plus $298 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,00010%
- Travel & lodging$1,47614%
- Food & beverage$2,68626%
- Education$5,31551%
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 | 16 | $4,910 |
| Medwest Associates | 4 | $2,527 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 25 | $2,212 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 5 | $278 |
| Abbott | 2 | $140 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $113 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $112 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $96 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $56 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $12 |
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.
- INFINITY$781
- PROstep$332
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$306
- MICA$172
- Actishield$161
- HOFFMANN$147
- Proclaim DRG IPG$128
- Ankle Fracture System$113
- Novosorb BTM$112
- INVISION$109
- CARTIVA$102
How this compares
$10,478 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 384 foot & ankle surgery providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 62 | $1,290 |
| Ciclopirox | 30 | $512 |
| Lidocaine | 14 | $290 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $243 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 57 | $228 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 65 | $205 |
| Meloxicam | 28 | $119 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 14 | $114 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $80 |
| SsdSilver Sulfadiazine | 13 | $52 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Grand Rapids
- John AndersonGrand Rapids$1.3M
- John MaskillGrand Rapids$424K
- Brian LoderClinton Township$893K
- Karl DunnClinton Twp$434K
- Anthony LalamaMacomb$421K
- Christopher ZingasSaint Clair Shores$227K
- Michael SwordsLansing$202K
- Gregory SheremetaTroy$87K
- Jason WesloskyClinton Township$87K
- Hatim BurhaniGrosse Pointe Woods$77K
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.