Gary Schmidt, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Englewood, CONPI 1447248455
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (32.1%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 29.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,214 and has fallen 92.3% since, to $401 in 2025.
Across 120 payments — averaging $139.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$5K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$4K
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$3K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Gemini Medical LLC$1K
- plus $503 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,00012%
- Travel & lodging$4,42627%
- Food & beverage$4,89629%
- Education$5,36232%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 36 | $4,899 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 10 | $4,073 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 6 | $3,038 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 27 | $1,610 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 31 | $1,507 |
| Gemini Medical LLC | 1 | $1,054 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $172 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 2 | $123 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $111 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $97 |
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.
- PROPHECY$463
- INBONE$269
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$167
- 7 X 23MM CITRELOCK IMPLANT$147
- Product Portfolio$129
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS FOOT & ANKLE METAL COMPRESSION SCREWS$124
- GORILLA PLATING$114
- Preserve$110
- HemiCAP MTP Resurfacing$102
How this compares
$16,684 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 181 foot and 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 42 | $409 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $168 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $59 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Englewood
- Joshua MetzlEnglewood$1.8M
- Michael HoughtonFort Collins$2M
- Brad DresherColorado Springs$1.3M
- Thomas ClantonVail$1.1M
- Brett SachsWheat Ridge$806K
- Jeffrey LehrmanFort Collins$628K
- Kevin NagamaniDenver$288K
- Keith JacobsonDenver$241K
- William MontrossColorado Springs$238K
- Dustin KruseWheat Ridge$217K
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.