Christopher Menke, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Grovetown, GANPI 1568677250
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (49.9%), travel and lodging and gifts — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 47.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $765, 6.9 times the $111 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for foot & ankle surgery clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $2,322.
Across 18 payments — averaging $53.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$452
- United Orthopedics LLC$236
- Organogenesis Inc.$120
- Stryker$94
- Amgen$24
- Bioventus LLC$16
- plus $13 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$38540%
- Food & beverage$47850%
- Gifts$9410%
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 | 6 | $452 |
| United Orthopedics LLC | 2 | $236 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 5 | $120 |
| Stryker | 1 | $94 |
| Amgen | 2 | $24 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$957 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 239 foot & ankle surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CiclopiroxCiclopirox Olamine | 17 | $362 |
| Gabapentin | 19 | $303 |
| Methylprednisolone | 42 | $237 |
| Cephalexin | 20 | $179 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 23 | $148 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 20 | $108 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $98 |
| Ibuprofen | 19 | $79 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Grovetown
- William CarterGrovetown$6K
- Robert WeinsteinFayetteville$394K
- Jason BariteauAtlanta$199K
- Scott RomanPeachtree City$118K
- Jeffrey FlashForest Park$114K
- Mickey StappThomson$110K
- David MurphyWaycross$55K
- Rishin KadakiaAtlanta$53K
- Javan BassLithonia$43K
- Bhavin MehtaAtlanta$43K
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.