Joseph Wisniewski
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Louisville, KYNPI 1932972742
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,203 of the $6,023 with a category attached, or 86.4%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 56.2% of the total.
Across 100 payments — averaging $60.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$918
- Smith+Nephew$299
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$218
- Bone Support Inc.$214
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$152
- plus $834 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$81914%
- Food & beverage$5,20386%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 61 | $3,388 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $918 |
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $299 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $218 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 2 | $214 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $152 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $131 |
| Amgen | 1 | $127 |
| Blue Surgical LLC | 4 | $112 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $66 |
| Vertex | 1 | $35 |
| Neuros Medical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $17 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $14 |
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.
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$1,464
- MOTOBAND$789
- ALLOFIBER$342
- TrueLok$158
- MAXTORQUE$156
- EASYFUSE$156
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$137
- CERAMENT G$137
- Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack$131
- Novosorb BTM$131
- KRYSTEXXA$127
- EXPAREL$125
- PICO 7$114
- RENASYS TOUCH$114
- Grafix$114
- Oasis$114
- PURAPLY WOUND MATRIX$109
- CITREFIX$103
How this compares
$6,023 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 141 foot & ankle surgery providers in Kentucky.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Louisville
- Carl KihmLouisville$89K
- Nicholas LacoLouisville$60K
- Jay LechnerLouisville$29K
- William McGloneLouisville$26K
- Timothy FordLouisville$26K
- Garrett WiremanLouisville$26K
- Jonathan TowarnickiLouisville$22K
- Zachary OgdenLouisville$22K
- Eric GustafsonLouisville$20K
- Nicholas VogelsangLouisville$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.