Kaitlyn Laube Ward
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Maple Grove, MNNPI 1265844385
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (57.8%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.0%. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $6,037 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $18 in 2025.
Across 110 payments — averaging $122.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$2K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Foundation Medical, LLC$1K
- Arthrex$1K
- plus $4K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,75958%
- Food & beverage$4,99437%
- Education$6805%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 24 | $2,154 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $1,974 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 10 | $1,744 |
| Stryker | 14 | $1,729 |
| Foundation Medical, LLC | 7 | $1,079 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $1,028 |
| Novastep Inc. | 6 | $860 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 2 | $715 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 14 | $646 |
| Medline Industries LP | 3 | $442 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $350 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 8 | $280 |
| Axogen | 1 | $140 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $100 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $34 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $12 |
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.
- TrueLok Ring Fixation System$1,182
- TL-HEX$788
- PECA Bunion Correction System$700
- TrueLok$684
- ANCHORAGE$593
- VARIAX$593
- EASY CLIP$593
- Bun-Yo-Matic$518
- Medline Unite Foot Plating System$335
- STAR$304
- PROstep$275
- GALAXY Fixation$238
- XCaliber Articulated Ankle Fixator$238
- T2$142
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$140
- Puraply, NuShield, Affinity$139
- AXSOS$135
- PuraPly$125
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS PERCUTANEOUS FOOT SURGERY SU BURRS$121
- AccuFill$120
How this compares
$13,434 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 102 foot & ankle surgery providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 20 | $258 |
| Meloxicam | 52 | $192 |
| Methylprednisolone | 20 | $124 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 14 | $105 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 12 | $94 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 13 | $60 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Maple Grove
- Johannes CoetzeeEdina$4.7M
- Troy BoffeliSaint Paul$1.7M
- Jeffrey SeyboldEdina$270K
- Kyle AbbenSt Louis Park$130K
- Collin MesserlySaint Paul$50K
- Ryan ReinkingDuluth$48K
- Kevin MahoneyMarshall$39K
- Bethany StaehnkeCrookston$27K
- Amber WibbelsRoseau$24K
- Ruixian YueWoodbury$22K
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.