Karson Howard, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Pocatello, IDNPI 1992093561
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $9,554 of the $13,601 with a category attached, or 70.2%. It is spread thinly across 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.4%.
Across 148 payments — averaging $91.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$3K
- Medline Industries LP$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Arthrex$1K
- Trilliant Surgical LLC.$916
- plus $3K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,55470%
- Food & beverage$3,35625%
- Education$6915%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 7 | $2,637 |
| Medline Industries LP | 13 | $2,490 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 19 | $2,037 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 11 | $1,595 |
| Arthrex | 13 | $1,115 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 3 | $916 |
| Active Medical, LLC | 4 | $706 |
| Curonix LLC | 48 | $601 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $403 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $370 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $229 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 4 | $106 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $80 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $35 |
| Abbott | 2 | $29 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $25 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $17 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $13 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $13 |
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 1$1,365
- Lapiplasty System$1,182
- Arsenal Ankle 10 Hole 1/3 Tubular Plate$916
- INFINITY$542
- HOFFMANN$427
- DynaNail$403
- GORILLA$377
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$353
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$353
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$353
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$353
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$353
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$328
- INTEGRA$306
- PROstep$158
- BABY GORILLA$156
- Portfolio$118
- ANCHORAGE$108
- CARTIVA$106
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$102
How this compares
$13,601 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 49 foot & ankle surgery providers in Idaho.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Linezolid | 16 | $1,416 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 35 | $731 |
| Gabapentin | 19 | $344 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 11 | $251 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $200 |
| Levofloxacin | 13 | $129 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $123 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 19 | $81 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Pocatello
- Adam MatthewsPocatello$1K
- Kert HowardPocatello$1K
- Brandon WildePocatello$513
- Steven BrayPocatello$309
- Kaitlin NearyBoise$867K
- Dan RobinsonBlackfoot$170K
- Kurt KinghornMeridian$150K
- Steven RoserBoise$102K
- Bryan VandykeIdaho Falls$47K
- Jonathon WolfMeridian$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.