Eric Temple, DPM
Podiatrist · West Des Moines, IANPI 1831483676
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $11,338 of the $18,603 with a category attached, or 60.9%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Acera Surgical, Inc. at 40.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $9,521 and has fallen 91.6% since, to $796 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in IA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 104 payments — averaging $178.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$8K
- Bone Support Inc.$4K
- Ortho Solutions Inc$2K
- Biogennix, LLC$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$882
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$728
- plus $2K from 14 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $4000.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,33861%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,0005%
- Travel & lodging$1,1616%
- Food & beverage$4,97527%
- Education$1281%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 16 | $7,603 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 9 | $3,848 |
| Ortho Solutions Inc | 12 | $2,370 |
| Biogennix, LLC | 1 | $1,000 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $882 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $728 |
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $626 |
| Stryker | 16 | $428 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $335 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $198 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $161 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $158 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 1 | $43 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $26 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Metric Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 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.
- Restrata Wound Matrix$7,143
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$3,807
- Agilon$1,000
- HAMMERLOCK$347
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$259
- TACTOSET$158
- Foot&Ankle-Subchondroplasty$147
- Regeneten$137
- MOTOBAND$104
How this compares
$18,603 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 94 podiatrist providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 89 | $653 |
| Meloxicam | 315 | $527 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 38 | $387 |
| Celecoxib | 18 | $284 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $165 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 15 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in West Des Moines
- Eric BarpWest Des Moines$149K
- Eric ReeseWest Des Moines$14K
- Alivia PassetWest Des Moines$6K
- Jennifer HallWest Des Moines$5K
- Julie GrundbergWest Des Moines$5K
- Russell Dean EvansWest Des Moines$4K
- Navin GuptaWest Des Moines$2K
- David GroenWest Des Moines$1K
- Paul DaytonAnkeny$9.4M
- Mindi DaytonAnkeny$333K
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.