David Baek, DPM
Podiatrist · Gaithersburg, MDNPI 1508884321
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.4%), education and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC at 45.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,627 and has fallen 93.2% since, to $111 in 2025.
Across 56 payments — averaging $47.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$1K
- Smith+Nephew$187
- Organogenesis Inc.$183
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$150
- Stryker$133
- Kerecis Limited$112
- plus $690 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1255%
- Food & beverage$1,34650%
- Education$1,20045%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 2 | $1,217 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $187 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $183 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 6 | $150 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 5 | $133 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $112 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $110 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $106 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 4 | $93 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 3 | $41 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Normatec Industries, LP | 1 | $28 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Reapplix Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $25 |
| Ossio Inc | 2 | $24 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $21 |
| DJO, LLC | 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.
- Apligraf$125
- Dermagraft$125
- Puraply/Affinity/NuTech$125
How this compares
$2,671 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 183 podiatrist providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CiclopiroxCiclopirox Olamine | 222 | $4,376 |
| Ciclopirox | 14 | $663 |
| Mupirocin | 71 | $509 |
| Gabapentin | 57 | $312 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 27 | $234 |
| Meloxicam | 30 | $117 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $73 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Gaithersburg
- Jonathan DillardGaithersburg$9K
- Ijeoma NwujuBethesda$601K
- David Linla Plata$75K
- Ira GottliebPasadena$25K
- Teresa HilliardHyattsville$19K
- Andreas KaikisHagerstown$17K
- Tiffany HohBaltimore$17K
- Shashank SrivastavaFrederick$15K
- Hayden HofflerCatonsville$15K
- Enzo LeonePasadena$15K
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.