Eric Jaakola, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Denver, CONPI 1104818061
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (40.1%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Integra Lifesciences Corporation at 33.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $6,312 and has fallen 62.5% since, to $2,364 in 2025.
Across 120 payments — averaging $116.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$5K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$1K
- Stryker$938
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$907
- plus $3K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,37524%
- Travel & lodging$4,03429%
- Food & beverage$5,63340%
- Education$9957%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 22 | $4,663 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 10 | $1,972 |
| Smith+Nephew | 26 | $1,500 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 9 | $1,488 |
| Stryker | 6 | $938 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 1 | $907 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $563 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $413 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 3 | $238 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $164 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $155 |
| Axogen | 1 | $115 |
| Misonix Inc | 2 | $114 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $111 |
| Rikco International, LLC | 2 | $88 |
| TEI Medical Inc. | 3 | $82 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $71 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $67 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 2 | $63 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $62 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $45 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $34 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $24 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 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.
- PRIMATRIX$4,307
- OMNIGRAFT$3,506
- TCC-EZ$3,506
- AMNIOEXCEL$3,506
- SPY-PHI SYSTEM$834
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$801
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$801
- IDRT$801
- FLOWABLE$801
- OVO$563
- Portfolio$512
- GRAFIX PL$390
- MTP$380
- STRAVIX PL$371
- NUZYRA$328
- Stravix$241
- HawkOne$155
- Product Portfolio$134
- MEDIHONEY$131
- Grafix PL PRIME$119
How this compares
$14,036 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 181 foot & ankle 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 27 | $264 |
| Celecoxib | 13 | $137 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $111 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Denver
- Kevin NagamaniDenver$288K
- Keith JacobsonDenver$241K
- Stephen WallaceDenver$33K
- Marissa JamiesonDenver$30K
- Matthew GorskiDenver$14K
- Olivera JovicDenver$10K
- Lauren MolchanDenver$10K
- Emma KayalDenver$8K
- Michael HoughtonFort Collins$2M
- Joshua MetzlEnglewood$1.8M
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.