David Ball, DPM
Podiatrist · Richmond Heights, OHNPI 1982167425
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Orthofix Medical, Inc. at 28.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $6,396 and has fallen 95.3% since, to $299 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in OH 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 136 payments — averaging $102.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$4K
- Stryker$2K
- Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc.$2K
- Linvatec Corporation$1K
- Arthrex$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,56654%
- Food & beverage$3,58126%
- Education$2,85120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 39 | $4,032 |
| Stryker | 18 | $1,849 |
| Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. | 3 | $1,788 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 11 | $1,364 |
| Arthrex | 14 | $1,338 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $1,094 |
| Smith+Nephew | 14 | $616 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 4 | $543 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $432 |
| Amgen | 2 | $250 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 2 | $141 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 4 | $106 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $102 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $83 |
| Osteomed LLC | 1 | $60 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $53 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $38 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $34 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $18 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Rattan And Associates | 1 | $16 |
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.
- TrueLok$3,529
- PROstep$1,360
- QUANTUM$992
- INTEGRA$866
- SALVATION$596
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$596
- PROPHECY$596
- Product Portfolio$538
- TL-HEX TRUELOK HEXAPOD SYSTEM$517
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$289
- PRIMATRIX$289
- KRYSTEXXA$250
- COLINK 2$146
- NEOSPAN SUPERELASTIC COMPRESSION STAPLE W/INSTRUMENTS, SIZE 10X10X10$146
- EVOS$126
- VANTAGE$104
- TRUELOK SYSTEM$104
- Checkpoint Stimulators$102
How this compares
$13,998 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 397 podiatrist providers in Ohio.
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 | 18 | $590 |
| Ciclopirox | 16 | $390 |
| Ibuprofen | 23 | $342 |
| Gabapentin | 13 | $218 |
| Naproxen | 22 | $129 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 19 | $128 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 20 | $95 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Richmond Heights
- Rachel RobinsonRichmond Heights$28K
- Mark HardyAvon$2.1M
- Lawrence DidomenicoBoardman$1.1M
- Ralph NapolitanoNew Albany$494K
- Thomas GronerNiles$193K
- Michael MaierCleveland$120K
- Eric StortsLondon$101K
- Daniel LoganGahanna$83K
- Howard KimmelBrookpark$67K
- James HayesCleveland$31K
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.