Jared Melman, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Woodbridge, VANPI 1922627025
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.1%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novabone Products at 36.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,352, more than ten times the $64 reported in 2021.
Across 91 payments — averaging $151.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novabone Products$5K
- Medline Industries LP$2K
- Ossio Inc$2K
- Exactech, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$880
- Linvatec Corporation$442
- plus $3K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,50047%
- Travel & lodging$1,90914%
- Food & beverage$5,39539%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novabone Products | 1 | $5,000 |
| Medline Industries LP | 9 | $1,635 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $1,500 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 6 | $1,284 |
| Stryker | 16 | $880 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 6 | $442 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $274 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $254 |
| Abbott | 2 | $241 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $235 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $195 |
| Amgen | 4 | $189 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $173 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 2 | $163 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 2 | $128 |
| Theramicro, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $110 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $88 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $45 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $45 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 1 | $43 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $29 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $27 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $16 |
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$322
- Physio-Stim$228
- InnovaMatrix AC$149
- Stravix$148
- Senza$133
- Diamondback Peripheral$133
- ALLOGRAFT TISSUE$122
- TekBrace Solo$122
- KRYSTEXXA$119
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$118
- QUANTUM$114
- MONKEY RINGS$113
- Stimulan$111
- Kimyrsa$110
- ESPRIT$108
- VANTAGE$107
- Spinal-Stim$107
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$104
- CERAMENT G$104
How this compares
$13,803 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 260 foot & ankle surgery providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ketoconazole | 46 | $805 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 48 | $578 |
| Cephalexin | 35 | $193 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $79 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Woodbridge
- Robert ToomeyWoodbridge$23K
- Mark JonesNorth Chesterfield$2.4M
- Oliver SchipperArlington$1.2M
- Steven NeufeldFalls Church$857K
- Charles ZelenRoanoke$363K
- Ryan VazalesGlen Allen$337K
- Jugal DhariaFairfax$309K
- William SimonVirginia Beach$292K
- William GrantVirginia Beach$271K
- Bradley LevittVirginia Beach$243K
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.