Howard Finkelstein, DPM
Podiatrist · Altamonte Springs, FLNPI 1174600118
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 67 payments — averaging $41.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biowound Solutions, Inc.$367
- Stryker$366
- Next Science LLC$281
- Amgen$275
- Smith+Nephew$238
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$161
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,795100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biowound Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $367 |
| Stryker | 5 | $366 |
| Next Science LLC | 3 | $281 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 16 | $275 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $238 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $161 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $160 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $145 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $134 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $110 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $78 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $59 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 1 | $56 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $55 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $41 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $38 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $35 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $25 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Embody, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $14 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $12 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- bio-ConneKt$367
- BlastX$257
- PROPHECY$156
- 7 X 23MM CITRELOCK IMPLANT$156
- CITREFIX$156
- GRAFIX PL$146
- Stravix$146
- Oasis$146
- QUANTUM$134
- COLINK 2$134
- IN2BONES USA$134
- SurgX$133
- Xperience$133
- Qutenza$112
How this compares
$2,795 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 588 podiatrist providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 28 | $1,167 |
| Ketoconazole | 64 | $1,083 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 14 | $450 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 16 | $375 |
| Methylprednisolone | 36 | $289 |
| Celecoxib | 30 | $267 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 24 | $261 |
| Amoxicillin | 59 | $230 |
| Mupirocin | 29 | $222 |
| Cephalexin | 21 | $191 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 17 | $170 |
| Meloxicam | 43 | $124 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 15 | $114 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Altamonte Springs
- German MikheyevAltamonte Springs$25K
- James CottomSarasota$1.9M
- Desmond BellJacksonville$365K
- Caroline KiserFleming Island$206K
- Adam PerlerLargo$160K
- Jeffrey KarrLakeland$101K
- Marie WilliamsAventura$96K
- Todd BrennanTampa$88K
- Robert HooverLake Mary$71K
- Daniel BrandweinPompano Beach$70K
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.