Franklin Polun, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Potomac, MDNPI 1881697886
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (45.0%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 40 manufacturers reported payments, led by Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. at 51.6% of the total. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in MD 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 248 payments — averaging $272.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$35K
- AbbVie$17K
- Convatec Inc.$4K
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$3K
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$1K
- In2bones USA, LLC$1K
- plus $6K from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$30,45045%
- Speaking & faculty fees$18,32527%
- Travel & lodging$6,50010%
- Food & beverage$8,10412%
- Education$1210%
- Other$4,2006%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 35 | $34,905 |
| AbbVie | 68 | $17,379 |
| Convatec Inc. | 4 | $4,362 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 5 | $2,622 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 5 | $1,311 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 3 | $1,207 |
| Ossio Inc | 6 | $1,166 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 4 | $1,153 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 15 | $916 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 3 | $365 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $361 |
| Stryker | 15 | $355 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $180 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 11 | $175 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 10 | $141 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 4 | $140 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 7 | $120 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $85 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $80 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 3 | $62 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 3 | $55 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $53 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $42 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $30 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $24 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $23 |
| Vertex | 1 | $21 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Rikco International, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Osteomed LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $16 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Novum Pharma, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Lapiplasty System$29,563
- DALVANCE$16,450
- InnovaMatrix AC$5,447
- LAPIPLASTY SYSTEM 1$4,673
- NEOX$1,207
- CLARIX$1,207
- CoLink$1,050
- BOVINE COLLAGEN$688
- Magellan$573
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$274
- CERAMENT G$274
- TMC NANOPLASTY SYSTEM$249
- Influx$209
- Avitus Bone Harvester$137
- AlloAid Allograft$129
- IBS$129
- PitStop$129
- NeoSpan$129
- DuaFit$129
- Stratum Foot Plating System$122
How this compares
$67,700 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 182 foot & ankle surgery providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JubliaEfinaconazole | 13 | $19,145 |
| CiclopiroxCiclopirox Olamine | 48 | $1,297 |
| Mupirocin | 67 | $636 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 88 | $618 |
| Pregabalin | 13 | $300 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $217 |
| Cefadroxil | 24 | $204 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 17 | $90 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $64 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCJublia | $180 | $19,14513 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 182 foot & ankle surgery providers in Maryland.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Potomac
- Jeremy DublonPotomac$13K
- Lew SchonBaltimore$752K
- Stuart MillerBaltimore$583K
- Mark SpierGlen Burnie$400K
- Patrick MaloneyBaltimore$262K
- Jeffrey BrodieTowson$240K
- Gregory GuytonBaltimore$216K
- Hummira AbawiColumbia$123K
- Eric HarmelinAnnapolis$118K
- Donald HarrisonPasadena$112K
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.