Joseph Baker, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Tucson, AZNPI 1912261850
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (36.4%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 42.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $17,301, more than ten times the $612 reported in 2019. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 296 payments — averaging $119.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$15K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$15K
- Vilex LLC$2K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$737
- Abbott$628
- Stryker$519
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,88036%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,88722%
- Travel & lodging$7,33521%
- Food & beverage$7,32921%
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 | 70 | $14,978 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 40 | $14,725 |
| Vilex LLC | 11 | $1,779 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 82 | $737 |
| Abbott | 22 | $628 |
| Stryker | 10 | $519 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $504 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $203 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $153 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $147 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $92 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 6 | $88 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $85 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $66 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 2 | $66 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 4 | $48 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| International Rehabilitative Sciences, Inc | 1 | $44 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $43 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Celularity Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $29 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 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.
- Q-FIX$8,394
- TWINFIX$8,022
- Lapiplasty System$7,465
- LAPIPLASTY SYSTEM 1$5,299
- HINTERMANN$1,435
- Lapiplasty$1,074
- FOOTPRINT$368
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$368
- Healicoil$227
- RAPTORMITE / ULTRABRAID$227
- SPATIAL FRAME$162
- Bioraptor Knotless$145
- FLOW 50/90$145
- HEALICOIL Suture Anchor$145
- REGENESORB$145
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$143
- PROSTEP MICA$143
- NA$142
- Qutenza$129
- PuraPly$127
How this compares
$35,430 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 291 foot & ankle surgery providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 93 | $687 |
| Cephalexin | 119 | $509 |
| Ibuprofen | 43 | $185 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 41 | $172 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 17 | $170 |
| Meloxicam | 30 | $130 |
| Mupirocin | 18 | $127 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $55 |
| Amoxicillin | 12 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Tucson
- Geoffrey LandisTucson$307K
- Bryan HallTucson$74K
- Jerome SteckTucson$64K
- George AbdelmessiehTucson$25K
- Mohanad EltahirTucson$24K
- David HatchTucson$19K
- Gregory WalkerTucson$18K
- Jordan CraftonTucson$17K
- Richard QuintTucson$17K
- Grant SchindlerTucson$13K
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.