Jeffrey Bruening, DPM
Podiatrist · Covina, CANPI 1730264698
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (41.8%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC at 45.3% of the total. Among podiatrist clinicians in CA 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 237 payments — averaging $104.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC$11K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$3K
- Arthrex$2K
- Sportstek Medical, Inc$2K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$2K
- plus $4K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,37542%
- Travel & lodging$6,62327%
- Food & beverage$6,32425%
- Education$1,5006%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 32 | $11,233 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 26 | $2,630 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $2,022 |
| Sportstek Medical, Inc | 5 | $1,827 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 13 | $1,816 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 38 | $1,537 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 5 | $596 |
| Empire Medical, Inc | 2 | $527 |
| Smith+Nephew | 31 | $475 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 16 | $434 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 7 | $275 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 12 | $235 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $229 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $141 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $122 |
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 2 | $83 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $82 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $80 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $50 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $46 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Merck | 2 | $32 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $30 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $25 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 2 | $3 |
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.
- LapiLock$6,500
- MiniLock$6,500
- Lapiplasty System$1,844
- Portfolio$530
- VANTAGE$422
- PROstep$316
- MIS Instrumentation$205
- ADAPT$164
- SONICANCHOR$164
- Diamondback Peripheral$147
- TMC NANOPLASTY SYSTEM$123
- KRYSTEXXA$122
- Senza$114
- Product Portfolio$113
How this compares
$24,823 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 721 podiatrist providers in California.
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 | 46 | $1,027 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 34 | $324 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 26 | $286 |
| Gabapentin | 19 | $192 |
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $172 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 14 | $85 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Covina
- Shannon RushPleasanton$1.9M
- Babak BaravarianSanta Monica$1.1M
- Robert KleimanCalexico$913K
- Bruce LawrenceOceanside$810K
- David ArmstrongLos Angeles$695K
- Philip WrotslavskyPoway$269K
- Travis WestermeyerEncinitas$158K
- Adrienne EstesPomona$129K
- Ronald LiebermanEncinitas$109K
- Matthew DoyleMountain View$92K
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.