Joseph Weaver, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · White River Junction, VTNPI 1518584051
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (48.3%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Kairos Surgical Inc at 47.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,770 and has fallen 90.7% since, to $165 in 2025.
Across 38 payments — averaging $134.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kairos Surgical Inc$2K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$791
- Stryker$470
- Smith+Nephew$338
- Acumed LLC$271
- Paragon 28, Inc.$204
- plus $614 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$71214%
- Food & beverage$1,93138%
- Education$2,47248%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 4 | $2,428 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 7 | $791 |
| Stryker | 4 | $470 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $338 |
| Acumed LLC | 4 | $271 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 3 | $204 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $193 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $186 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $97 |
| Osteomed LLC | 1 | $72 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| KCI USA, 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.
- Lapiplasty System$676
- OsteoMed$218
- PROstep$143
- PROPHECY$143
- ZIP 8I SURGICAL SKIN CLOSURE DEVICE$124
- GRAFTJACKET$115
- React$111
- Inion FreedomPin$109
- AccuFill$101
How this compares
Too few foot & ankle surgery providers in Vermontto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 54 | $1,175 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 16 | $161 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in White River Junction
- Ian OdigieRutland$8K
- Ethan BuhlBrattleboro$5K
- Mark CharlsonSouth Burlington$3K
- Johann EntingerRutland$3K
- Bryan MonierMorrisville$2K
- Lara StoneS. Burlington$735
- Maria IbanezBerlin$92
- McCamie PattersonBennington$46
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.