Derick Ball, DPM
Foot Surgery · Hawthorne, CANPI 1346299716
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 21 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Orthofix Medical, Inc. at 32.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $419, 2.6 times the $162 reported in 2019.
Across 21 payments — averaging $61.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$419
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$376
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$202
- Paragon 28, Inc.$147
- Amgen$99
- Stryker$52
- plus $2 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,297100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 7 | $419 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 4 | $376 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $202 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 3 | $147 |
| Amgen | 1 | $99 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 3 | $52 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $2 |
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.
- Physio-Stim$212
- Portfolio$132
- NUZYRA$125
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System$101
How this compares
$1,297 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 71 foot surgery providers in California.
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 | 235 | $27,985 |
| Naftifine Hcl | 74 | $19,219 |
| Oxiconazole Nitrate | 32 | $16,150 |
| Ciclopirox | 132 | $11,481 |
| Tavaborole | 27 | $10,799 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 24 | $5,989 |
| Econazole Nitrate | 52 | $2,842 |
| Clotrimazole | 68 | $2,232 |
| CiclopiroxCiclopirox Olamine | 34 | $2,213 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 110 | $2,023 |
| Gabapentin | 81 | $967 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 32 | $440 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $414 |
| Nitroglycerin PatchNitroglycerin | 13 | $406 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot surgery in Hawthorne
- Karen WrubelHawthorne$1K
- Alexander ReyzelmanSan Francisco$137K
- Helen ShnolBeverly Hills$22K
- Benedict ChingFountain Valley$19K
- Zachary KramerEncinitas$14K
- Tara HarringtonElk Grove$12K
- Jack MorganMonterey Park$11K
- Jaehyun KimSunnyvale$7K
- Ingrid EdelmanSan Diego$6K
- Spencer SterlingBellflower$5K
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.