Christopher Walker, DPM
Podiatrist · Lancaster, OHNPI 1881697928
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. at 24.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,932 and has fallen 84.9% since, to $594 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in OH 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 159 payments — averaging $57.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$1K
- Smith+Nephew$632
- Organogenesis Inc.$237
- plus $1K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,25057%
- Food & beverage$3,96443%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 8 | $2,266 |
| Stryker | 17 | $1,988 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 20 | $1,543 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 13 | $1,336 |
| Smith+Nephew | 38 | $632 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 11 | $237 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $166 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $141 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $132 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $91 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 4 | $55 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $52 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $39 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $38 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $30 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $25 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Wound Management Technologies, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Lapiplasty System$1,959
- CANNULATED SCREWS$545
- PRIME SERIES$496
- Extremities Product Portfolio$475
- PROstep$281
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$174
- GRAFTJACKET$174
- ALLOMATRIX$174
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$140
- PROSTEP MICA$140
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$122
- Nextremity MSP$100
How this compares
$9,213 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 397 podiatrist providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 35 | $450 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 35 | $146 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 15 | $82 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 11 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Lancaster
- Mark HardyAvon$2.1M
- Lawrence DidomenicoBoardman$1.1M
- Ralph NapolitanoNew Albany$494K
- Thomas GronerNiles$193K
- Michael MaierCleveland$120K
- Eric StortsLondon$101K
- Daniel LoganGahanna$83K
- Howard KimmelBrookpark$67K
- James HayesCleveland$31K
- Nathan RossiCleveland$31K
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.