Cole Barton, DPM
Podiatrist · Rio Rancho, NMNPI 1790278851
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.8%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 35.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,675 and has fallen 63.9% since, to $967 in 2025.
Across 120 payments — averaging $74.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Novus Surgical Solutions LLC$3K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$965
- Smith+Nephew$896
- Amgen$349
- AbbVie$218
- plus $788 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,74819%
- Food & beverage$4,83654%
- Education$2,40027%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 44 | $3,197 |
| Novus Surgical Solutions LLC | 4 | $2,570 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 11 | $965 |
| Smith+Nephew | 29 | $896 |
| Amgen | 3 | $349 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $218 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $168 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $153 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $128 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 11 | $119 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $83 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $20 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
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.
- PROstep$1,282
- Lapiplasty System$521
- Stravix$271
- GRAFIX PL$269
- KRYSTEXXA$250
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$153
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$148
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$141
- Grafix$140
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$134
- N/A$117
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$117
- TENSIX$117
- SALVATION$117
- CITREFIX$114
- Flexitouch Plus$112
- Entre Plus$112
- ALLOMATRIX$110
- TMC SPEEDMTP$107
How this compares
$8,984 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 46 podiatrist providers in New Mexico.
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 | 32 | $752 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 26 | $595 |
| Gabapentin | 63 | $381 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 35 | $312 |
| Meloxicam | 65 | $270 |
| Ciclopirox | 13 | $263 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 24 | $173 |
| Pregabalin | 21 | $168 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 32 | $109 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 18 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Rio Rancho
- Michael PincusRio Rancho$1K
- John AndersonAlamogordo$1.4M
- Robert MullanLas Cruces$31K
- Daniel PetersonAlbuquerque$22K
- Lorin BrandonTaos$18K
- Yvonne MuojiejeLas Cruces$13K
- Matthew ClaysonSanta Fe$10K
- Joshua AdamsCarlsbad$7K
- Nathan IveyAlbuquerque$6K
- Rolando CadenaLas Cruces$5K
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.