Dale Brink, DPM
Podiatrist · South Holland, ILNPI 1093722365
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (41.2%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. at 33.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,986 and has fallen 75.8% since, to $721 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in IL 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 169 payments — averaging $65.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$4K
- Medwest Associates$2K
- Arthrex$2K
- Stryker$758
- Smith+Nephew$581
- Kerecis Limited$264
- plus $2K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,88226%
- Food & beverage$4,54141%
- Education$3,60533%
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. | 32 | $3,730 |
| Medwest Associates | 4 | $2,437 |
| Arthrex | 15 | $1,633 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 16 | $758 |
| Smith+Nephew | 36 | $581 |
| Kerecis Limited | 6 | $264 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 10 | $256 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 7 | $244 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $181 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 2 | $167 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $70 |
| Nextremity Solutions Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $54 |
| Misonix Inc | 3 | $54 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $50 |
| Amgen | 3 | $47 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $34 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Abbott | 1 | $27 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $26 |
| ETS Wound Care LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $23 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Argentum Medical | 1 | $14 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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$3,054
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$167
- PROSTEP MICA$163
- Senza$140
- Apligraf$130
- CARTIVA$125
- Kimyrsa$119
- LIMFLOW SYSTEM$105
How this compares
$11,028 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 409 podiatrist providers in Illinois.
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 | 47 | $976 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 31 | $625 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 17 | $621 |
| Gabapentin | 47 | $424 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 36 | $284 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 24 | $257 |
| Levofloxacin | 22 | $204 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 23 | $193 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 22 | $174 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $75 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $26 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $15 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in South Holland
- David YeagerMorrison$345K
- Paul KirchnerNew Lenox$143K
- William BushRockford$141K
- Daniel BrownHarrisburg$136K
- Syed HusainArlington Heights$82K
- Timothy GrahamTaylorville$70K
- Paul PotachWheeling$45K
- Steven JasonowiczBarrington$34K
- Jaclyn SchumannJoliet$29K
- Zehra HyderiAlgonquin$27K
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.