Frank Walter, MD
Hand Surgery · Wisconsin Rapids, WINPI 1962442590
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $6,247 of the $9,176 with a category attached, or 68.1%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Exactech, Inc. at 33.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,071, 2.3 times the $1,336 reported in 2019. Among hand surgery clinicians in WI 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 52 payments — averaging $176.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exactech, Inc.$3K
- Encore Medical, LP$3K
- Linvatec Corporation$2K
- True North Surgical Inc$695
- Arthrex$303
- Johnson & Johnson$210
- plus $244 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,24768%
- Food & beverage$2,92932%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exactech, Inc. | 12 | $3,091 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 7 | $2,711 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 19 | $1,923 |
| True North Surgical Inc | 2 | $695 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $303 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $210 |
| Stryker | 1 | $111 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $56 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $56 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $21 |
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.
- EQUINOXE$2,960
- DJO SURGICAL$2,666
- LINVATEC VIDEO ACCESSORIES$668
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$551
- LINVATEC EXTREMITIES$514
- BioBrace 23mm$232
- HALL POWER$114
- Ascend Flex$111
How this compares
$9,176 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 43 hand surgery providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 106 | $556 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $132 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | $129 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 37 | $91 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 11 | $79 |
| Amoxicillin | 35 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Wisconsin Rapids
- Steven GrindelMilwaukee$21K
- Josef TofteMadison$16K
- Gonzalo BarinagaWauwatosa$16K
- Joanie ColumbiaGreen Bay$10K
- Anthony LogiudiceMilwaukee$9K
- Tierney GrosskopfAppleton$9K
- Dayton OpelPlatteville$8K
- David MeisterGlendale$8K
- Dominic Gomez-LeonardelliWausau$6K
- James HeaberlinWauwatosa$6K
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.