James Whelan, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Beloit, WINPI 1578983144
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.0%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. at 54.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $28,858, 4.7 times the $6,117 reported in 2019. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in WI 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 278 payments — averaging $182.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$28K
- Stryker$11K
- Arthrex$4K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
- Access Pro Medical, LLC$2K
- RSW Medical Company, Inc.$804
- plus $3K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$21,85043%
- Travel & lodging$14,57229%
- Food & beverage$9,68219%
- Education$4,7649%
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. | 57 | $27,557 |
| Stryker | 108 | $11,390 |
| Arthrex | 21 | $4,389 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 21 | $2,139 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 2 | $1,910 |
| RSW Medical Company, Inc. | 2 | $804 |
| Smith+Nephew | 31 | $745 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $449 |
| Great Lakes Orthopedics | 2 | $414 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 10 | $358 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 4 | $142 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $122 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $79 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 1 | $31 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $25 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $18 |
| Abbott | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $11 |
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 1$24,126
- PROstep$3,287
- Lapiplasty System$2,064
- Matriderm$1,910
- INTEGRA$1,061
- TrueLok$961
- INFINITY$886
- PRIME SERIES$791
- TRAUMA$704
- TL-HEX$645
- TrueLok Ring Fixation System$645
- SALVATION$504
- Stravix$473
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$459
- FLEXBAND$450
- GRAFIX PL$372
- HOFFMANN$367
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$354
- PRIMATRIX$354
- Grafix$348
How this compares
$50,868 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 105 foot & ankle 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonium Lactate | 87 | $1,550 |
| Gabapentin | 54 | $484 |
| Ciclopirox | 19 | $362 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 46 | $214 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 11 | $187 |
| Methylprednisolone | 42 | $162 |
| Meloxicam | 49 | $116 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $81 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Beloit
- Mitch HulbertSheboygan$96K
- Nikita GramaStevens Point$31K
- Keith AndersonHayward$31K
- Jay ChristensenAppleton$26K
- Jason BurkleMadison$26K
- Hui ZhangOak Creek$25K
- James TorhorstWaupaca$25K
- Todd DerksenAppleton$23K
- Spencer HammackPlatteville$20K
- Dustin RiddleAppleton$20K
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.