Karl Ewert, DPM
Podiatrist · Poplar Bluff, MONPI 1982109112
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $3,120 of the $3,668 with a category attached, or 85.1%. Pylant Medical accounts for 85.1% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,920 and has fallen 94.0% since, to $114 in 2024.
Across 15 payments — averaging $244.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pylant Medical$3K
- Stryker$137
- Arthrex$114
- Kerecis Limited$90
- Johnson & Johnson$62
- In2bones USA, LLC$51
- plus $93 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$54815%
- Education$3,12085%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pylant Medical | 2 | $3,120 |
| Stryker | 4 | $137 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $114 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $90 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $62 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 1 | $51 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 2 | $40 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $23 |
How this compares
$3,668 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 105 podiatrist providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 11 | $738 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 29 | $326 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 30 | $267 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 22 | $87 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $84 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Poplar Bluff
- Richard AmundsenPoplar Bluff$3K
- Clint VanlandinghamPoplar Bluff$2K
- Andrew FischerPoplar Bluff$1K
- William DukeJefferson City$54K
- Kiera Benge-SheaSaint Louis$28K
- Thomas BoldryLiberty$19K
- Ryan FrankIndependence$15K
- Neil ErmitanoSaint Louis$14K
- John HarnessOverland$14K
- Brittany StaplesCreve Coeur$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.