Christopher Yardan, DPM
Podiatrist · Wallingford, CTNPI 1972866275
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (41.9%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 57.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,154 and has fallen 92.7% since, to $304 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in CT 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 85 payments — averaging $95.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$5K
- Gramercy Extremity Orthopedics LLC$3K
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$171
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$121
- Bioventus LLC$74
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$68
- plus $491 from 18 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $11,667 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Gramercy Extremity Orthopedics LLC$70K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,25028%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,40842%
- Travel & lodging$1362%
- Food & beverage$2,34529%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 36 | $4,658 |
| Gramercy Extremity Orthopedics LLC | 5 | $2,556 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $171 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 6 | $121 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $74 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $68 |
| BD | 1 | $47 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $42 |
| Stryker | 1 | $41 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Axogen | 2 | $33 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 2 | $29 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $29 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $28 |
| Merck | 2 | $26 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $15 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Cadence$3,543
- SALTO TALARIS TOTAL ANKLE PROSTHESIS$3,543
- Integra XT$3,408
- Peri-Loc$3,408
- Panta 2$3,408
- First Fuse 1st MTP Joint Plating System$1,250
- Distal Fibula Plating System$1,000
- EVOS MINI$135
How this compares
$8,138 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 119 podiatrist providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 36 | $278 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 21 | $129 |
| Methylprednisolone | 18 | $125 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Wallingford
- Peter BlumeNew Haven$481K
- Robert DavisBridgeport$427K
- David NovickiMilford$67K
- Shane ReynoldsNorwalk$14K
- Eric LevineNorwich$12K
- Paul BetschartDanbury$10K
- Michael FeinBethel$9K
- Tehreem SajjadNew Britain$9K
- Jamie OtfinoskiBethel$7K
- Devang PatelNorwalk$6K
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.