Danielle Smith, DO
Vascular Surgery · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1578799078
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,845 of the $3,731 with a category attached, or 76.3%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 29.6% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in CO, where the typical reported total is $4,981.
Across 48 payments — averaging $77.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$933
- Cook Medical LLC$450
- Medtronic$319
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$258
- Endologix LLC$251
- plus $416 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$88624%
- Food & beverage$2,84576%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 8 | $1,104 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 7 | $933 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 10 | $450 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $319 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $258 |
| Endologix LLC | 2 | $251 |
| Abbott | 1 | $121 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $64 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Stryker | 2 | $36 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Arjo Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 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.
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$821
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$653
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$653
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$653
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$459
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$349
- LUTONIX$183
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$168
- Endurant$150
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$136
- Perclose ProGlide suture mediated closure system$121
- Cook Medical AAA$118
- VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis$115
How this compares
$3,731 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 66 vascular surgery providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 21 | $144 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 17 | $85 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Colorado Springs
- Melhem SharafuddinColorado Springs$46K
- William FryColorado Springs$28K
- Magdiel Trinidad HernandezColorado Springs$18K
- Carlos RuedaColorado Springs$13K
- David FeuerColorado Springs$12K
- Karl DittrichColorado Springs$10K
- David CorryColorado Springs$10K
- Gregory CarlsonColorado Springs$5K
- John ConnColorado Springs$4K
- Laura KissellColorado Springs$2K
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.