Brian Foster, PA
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 204 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 31 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,729 and has fallen 68.8% since, to $539 in 2025. Among surgical clinicians in FL 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 204 payments — averaging $31.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$869
- Penumbra, Inc.$812
- Stryker$653
- Johnson & Johnson$549
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$498
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,446100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 9 | $1,016 |
| Medtronic | 48 | $869 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 31 | $812 |
| Stryker | 11 | $653 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $549 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 13 | $498 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 16 | $468 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 12 | $413 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $187 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 1 | $160 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 8 | $150 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 4 | $109 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $64 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $60 |
| Contego Medical, Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $34 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $32 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $28 |
| Biogen | 1 | $23 |
| Viz.ai, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Qapel Medical Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Okami Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Mozarc Medical US LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 1 | $18 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Phenox Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$6,446 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,018 surgical providers in Florida.
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 surgical in Tampa
- Hannah FindlayTampa$33K
- Aaron SookhooBrandon$742K
- Jessica McCarrySt Petersburg$445K
- Harmony ChurchTallahassee$265K
- Pamela LiggettMiami$120K
- Stephanie CarrollPalm Beach Gardens$114K
- Christina NauglePalm Beach Gardens$96K
- Kathleen McMichaelClearwater$96K
- Michael SullivanSarasota$91K
- Dana ZeitlerNaples$73K
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.