James Foote, MD
Surgery · Grand Rapids, MINPI 1255372504
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (44.3%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Teleflex LLC at 39.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $14,853 and has fallen 83.8% since, to $2,399 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in MI 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 170 payments — averaging $229.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Teleflex LLC$15K
- Intuitive Surgical$15K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Novo Nordisk$616
- Johnson & Johnson$606
- plus $640 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,6107%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,30044%
- Travel & lodging$4,48711%
- Food & beverage$4,63212%
- Education$10,00026%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teleflex LLC | 18 | $15,327 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 50 | $15,002 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 42 | $4,228 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $2,610 |
| Novo Nordisk | 22 | $616 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 28 | $606 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $148 |
| Mesh Suture Inc | 2 | $142 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $118 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 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.
- Titan SGS$12,634
- Da Vinci Surgical System$12,484
- SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement$3,300
- HARMONIC Product Family$2,610
- DAVINCI XI$1,500
- TITAN SGS STANDARD GASTRIC STAPLER$1,400
- TITAN SGS BAILOUT CHUCK$1,050
- Wegovy$375
- SEAMGUARD$242
- Signia$148
- GORE ENFORM Biomaterial$139
- Phasix Mesh$132
- Monarch Platform$125
- Saxenda$125
- PERI-STRIPS DRY$118
- TISSEEL$118
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$106
- Surgicel Powder$106
How this compares
$39,029 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,081 surgery providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 16 | $220 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Grand Rapids
- Paul KemmeterGrand Rapids$84K
- Randal BakerGrand Rapids$32K
- Thomas MartinGrand Rapids$30K
- Robert BartlettAnn Arbor$859K
- Matthew FourmanMonroe$492K
- Bruce McIntoshRochester Hills$435K
- Jon SchramZeeland$261K
- Eric DaviesBrighton$258K
- Robert LyonsYpsilanti$196K
- Joel StrehlTraverse City$170K
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.