Brian Damitz
Podiatrist · Chesterton, INNPI 1033420534
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (42.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 45.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,233 and has fallen 70.9% since, to $1,525 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in IN 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 98 payments — averaging $112.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$5K
- Stryker$5K
- Johnson & Johnson$208
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$175
- Medwest Associates$133
- Encore Medical, LP$75
- plus $415 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,75034%
- Food & beverage$2,62624%
- Education$4,67042%
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 | 13 | $5,074 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 51 | $4,966 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $208 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 7 | $175 |
| Medwest Associates | 1 | $133 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $75 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $70 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $48 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 1 | $36 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $34 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $26 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $24 |
| Vertex | 1 | $20 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- PRIME SERIES$2,709
- INFINITY$619
- INBONE$265
- ALLOFIBER$151
- Actishield$110
How this compares
$11,046 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 131 podiatrist providers in Indiana.
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 | 70 | $479 |
| Clotrimazole | 20 | $417 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 60 | $387 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 35 | $299 |
| Cephalexin | 29 | $187 |
| Methylprednisolone | 25 | $113 |
| Meloxicam | 36 | $103 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 11 | $76 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Chesterton
- Andrew RaderJasper$726K
- Anthony MillerIndianapolis$292K
- Corey GrohIndianapolis$57K
- Jeffrey StevensIndianapolis$56K
- James VestileTipton$44K
- Andrew KapsalisAvon$37K
- Scott HoffmanAvon$22K
- John RachoyMunster$21K
- Townsen KenningtonFort Wayne$20K
- Jared MoonCrown Point$19K
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.