Christopher Winters, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Carmel, INNPI 1275628398
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (56.6%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Kerecis Limited accounts for 80.4% of it on its own, with 39 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $56,738 and has fallen 56.5% since, to $24,658 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in IN 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 299 payments — averaging $508.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kerecis Limited$122K
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$12K
- Medline Industries LP$10K
- Convatec Inc.$2K
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Organogenesis Inc.$699
- plus $4K from 34 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $6000.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$21,19214%
- Speaking & faculty fees$86,05057%
- Travel & lodging$22,51015%
- Food & beverage$14,4019%
- Education$7,9005%
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.
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.
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$232,737
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$131,011
- Kerecis SurgiClose$90,506
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$40,774
- Kerecis GraftGuide$22,627
- Kerecis Omega3 Wound$19,926
- CellerateRx$11,392
- Dermatology and Wound Care$9,248
- Kerecis Omega3 Surgibind$4,052
- InnovaMatrix AC$1,634
- Hyalomatrix Wound Device$345
- VASHE WOUND SOLUTION 250 ML (8.5 FL OZ) FLIP TOP CAP$329
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$319
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$319
- ACTIV.A.C.$280
- URGOCLEAN AG$199
- DRAWTEX HYDROCONDUCTIVE WOUND DRESSING WITH LEVAFIBER 4X4$145
- UrgoK2$145
- GRAFIX PL$143
- Theragenesis Bilayer Wound Matrix$142
How this compares
$152,052 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 212 foot & ankle surgery providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JubliaEfinaconazole | 24 | $23,386 |
| SantylCollagenase Clostridium Hist. | 15 | $4,401 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 79 | $918 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 35 | $437 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 24 | $251 |
| Gabapentin | 26 | $209 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 11 | $84 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $71 |
| Amoxicillin | 13 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCJublia | $19 | $23,38624 claims |
| Smith+NephewSantyl | $1,219 | $4,40115 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 212 foot & ankle surgery providers in Indiana.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Carmel
- John MillerCarmel$30K
- Andrew WohlerCarmel$29K
- Matthew LiningCarmel$27K
- Steven HerbstMuncie$1.6M
- Douglas BlacklidgeKokomo$689K
- Patrick DeheerIndianapolis$493K
- Scott NevilleMooresville$353K
- Travis MontgomeryWestfield$345K
- Robert Clemency IiiSchererville$215K
- William AdamsGreenfield$178K
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.