Jared Kern, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Anchorage, AKNPI 1447424965
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 73 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 38.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $417 and has fallen 78.2% since, to $91 in 2025.
Across 73 payments — averaging $22.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$624
- Stryker$328
- Zimmer Biomet$139
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$109
- Amgen$75
- Paragon 28, Inc.$61
- plus $299 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,634100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 37 | $624 |
| Stryker | 7 | $328 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $139 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 5 | $109 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $75 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Alaska Medical Technologies, LLC | 1 | $40 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $38 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $26 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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.
- Stravix$107
- Grafix$107
- GRAFIX PL$107
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$102
How this compares
$1,634 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 21 foot & ankle surgery providers in Alaska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 42 | $1,433 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 13 | $122 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Anchorage
- Regina FiaccoAnchorage$18K
- Sheryse MobleyAnchorage$15K
- Rabun FoxAnchorage$8K
- Eugene ChangAnchorage$7K
- Chloe MulliganAnchorage$4K
- Sean DunleavyAnchorage$4K
- Jennifer JansmaAnchorage$2K
- Namory BagayokoAnchorage$1K
- Caitlin KoellingAnchorage$913
- Matt HeilalaAnchorage$679
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.