Craig Kaufman
Podiatrist · Newington, CTNPI 1205991890
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.9% of the total across 15 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 13 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $253 and has fallen 92.0% since, to $20 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for podiatrist clinicians in CT, where the typical reported total is $537.
Across 15 payments — averaging $43.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Solventum Corporation$124
- Osiris Therapeutics Inc.$122
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$102
- Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$76
- Pfizer$40
- Davol Inc.$38
- plus $156 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$61994%
- Education$406%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $124 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $76 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $40 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Stryker | 1 | $28 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $20 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Stravix$122
- Grafix$122
- GrafixPL$122
- ACTIV.A.C.$111
How this compares
$659 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 132 | $3,081 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 65 | $465 |
| Cefadroxil | 41 | $213 |
| Methylprednisolone | 30 | $131 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 20 | $102 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 21 | $91 |
| Naproxen | 35 | $89 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Newington
- 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
- Christopher YardanWallingford$8K
- Jamie OtfinoskiBethel$7K
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.