Joshua Wolfe, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Las Cruces, NMNPI 1669969390
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (33.4%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 29 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.8%. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in NM 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 207 payments — averaging $265.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$12K
- Vilex LLC$11K
- Stryker$9K
- Flower Orthopedics Coporation$8K
- Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC$7K
- Arthrex$4K
- plus $4K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,36433%
- Travel & lodging$12,95424%
- Food & beverage$9,30617%
- Education$14,27626%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 12 | $11,954 |
| Vilex LLC | 25 | $10,959 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 86 | $9,254 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 14 | $8,179 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 8 | $7,410 |
| Arthrex | 10 | $3,642 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 3 | $657 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $593 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 9 | $537 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $274 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $226 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 3 | $191 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $176 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $124 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $114 |
| Vertex | 3 | $91 |
| Responsive Arthroscopy Inc | 1 | $88 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $81 |
| Conetic Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $58 |
| Biogennix, LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $21 |
| Abbott | 1 | $18 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
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.
- ALPHALOK$7,583
- FibFix$2,600
- PROstep$2,016
- HINTERMANN$1,447
- ALPHALOK Calc Fx - R&D$1,440
- INFINITY$1,177
- PROPHECY$903
- STAR$588
- Product Portfolio$581
- INBONE$527
- ALLOPURE$298
- HemiCAP$274
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$265
- DALVANCE$250
- INVISION$233
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$233
- Twist knotless DEX$231
- HOFFMANN$225
- Fibula Nail, 3.5mm x 130mm, Titanium, Flex-Thread$175
- Fibula Nail, 4.5mm x 130mm, Titanium, Flex-Thread$175
How this compares
$54,900 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 69 foot & ankle surgery providers in New Mexico.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 30 | $1,115 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 12 | $752 |
| Ibuprofen | 29 | $370 |
| Gabapentin | 24 | $348 |
| Meloxicam | 99 | $344 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 23 | $203 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $130 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $120 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 19 | $118 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Las Cruces
- Stephanie GonzalezLas Cruces$15K
- Raha MobarakLas Cruces$4K
- Carlos CadenaLas Cruces$2K
- Michael SefcikLas Cruces$2K
- Clair Cadena MirandaLas Cruces$2K
- Yolanda ChaconLas Cruces$2K
- Adam GoughSilver City$44K
- Ruben NunezLas Vegas$31K
- Alexander RamirezLas Vegas$22K
- Harsh AminLas Vegas$18K
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.