Bruce Kaczander
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Southfield, MINPI 1518963628
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 82 payments — averaging $26.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$717
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$390
- Paragon 28, Inc.$170
- Medtronic$101
- Organogenesis Inc.$94
- Amgen$79
- plus $630 from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,181100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 17 | $717 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 8 | $390 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 5 | $170 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $101 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $94 |
| Amgen | 5 | $79 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $75 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $71 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $46 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 3 | $38 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 3 | $35 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Cashflow Solutions, LLC | 2 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $13 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- 1588 HD 3 CHIP CAMERA$143
- HOFFMANN$107
How this compares
$2,181 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 384 foot & ankle surgery providers in Michigan.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonium Lactate | 12 | $401 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Southfield
- Akram AljumailSouthfield$20K
- Cindy PavicicSouthfield$13K
- John AndersonGrand Rapids$1.3M
- Brian LoderClinton Township$893K
- Karl DunnClinton Twp$434K
- John MaskillGrand Rapids$424K
- Anthony LalamaMacomb$421K
- Christopher ZingasSaint Clair Shores$227K
- Michael SwordsLansing$202K
- Gregory SheremetaTroy$87K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.