Casmir Ezim
Podiatrist · Bakersfield, CANPI 1841710381
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (42.4%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 37 manufacturers reported payments, led by Organogenesis Inc. at 54.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $7,728 and has fallen 56.3% since, to $3,375 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in CA 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 279 payments — averaging $75.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Organogenesis Inc.$11K
- Smith+Nephew$4K
- Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$639
- Stryker$554
- Arthrex$442
- plus $2K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,90142%
- Travel & lodging$4,26620%
- Food & beverage$7,81837%
- Education$170%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Organogenesis Inc. | 74 | $11,368 |
| Smith+Nephew | 76 | $4,173 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 12 | $1,439 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $639 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 12 | $554 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $442 |
| AbbVie | 25 | $368 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 5 | $363 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $255 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $139 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 4 | $131 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 5 | $121 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $105 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 5 | $68 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $66 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $60 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $49 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 4 | $47 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $47 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $45 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $41 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Abbott | 2 | $34 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $28 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Cashflow Solutions, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Puraply Antimicrobial$4,952
- Affinity$3,652
- NOVACHOR$3,548
- PICO$1,785
- Oasis$1,779
- Grafix$1,598
- PURAPLY WOUND MATRIX$1,389
- Apligraf$1,276
- NuShield$1,276
- PuraPly$1,124
- ACTICOAT 4" X 4"$840
- Allevyn Gentle Border 10 x 10cm Ctn 10$840
- Versajet$840
- VERSAJET II$822
- Renasys$822
- ALLOGRAFT BIO-IMPLANTS$143
- RENASYS GO$123
- BIOskin$118
- 7 X 23MM CITRELOCK IMPLANT$118
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$118
How this compares
$21,001 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 721 podiatrist providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ketoconazole | 66 | $1,221 |
| Ciclopirox | 32 | $859 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 23 | $614 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 36 | $555 |
| Methylprednisolone | 40 | $338 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 18 | $235 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 34 | $195 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 18 | $165 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 18 | $147 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $61 |
| Meloxicam | 26 | $51 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Bakersfield
- Shannon RushPleasanton$1.9M
- Babak BaravarianSanta Monica$1.1M
- Robert KleimanCalexico$913K
- Bruce LawrenceOceanside$810K
- David ArmstrongLos Angeles$695K
- Philip WrotslavskyPoway$269K
- Travis WestermeyerEncinitas$158K
- Adrienne EstesPomona$129K
- Ronald LiebermanEncinitas$109K
- Matthew DoyleMountain View$92K
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.