Kenneth Kysor, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Marksville, LANPI 1073072112
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (41.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 59.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,545 and has fallen 53.9% since, to $1,173 in 2025.
Across 60 payments — averaging $143.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$5K
- Legacy Ortho LLC$2K
- Smith+Nephew$277
- AbbVie$234
- Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$137
- Checkpoint Surgical, Inc$110
- plus $359 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,54241%
- Food & beverage$2,62330%
- Education$2,45328%
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 | 36 | $5,099 |
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 2 | $2,400 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $277 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $234 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $137 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $110 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $57 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $56 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $40 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
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.
- HOFFMANN$1,150
- PROstep$949
- INFINITY$787
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$655
- DALVANCE$226
- PROSTEP MICA$175
- VARIAX$153
- Viaflow$153
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$153
- Stravix$144
- GRAFIX PL$144
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$141
- JUBLIA$137
- PROPHECY$122
- Actishield$119
- Checkpoint Stimulators$110
- PREVENA$100
- V.A.C. ULTA$100
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$100
How this compares
$8,617 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 92 foot & ankle surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 341 | $2,523 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 209 | $1,932 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 95 | $920 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 55 | $813 |
| Meloxicam | 237 | $730 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 28 | $545 |
| Pregabalin | 89 | $534 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 40 | $307 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 20 | $233 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 11 | $168 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 30 | $134 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 23 | $114 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $92 |
| Allopurinol | 16 | $72 |
| Mupirocin | 12 | $68 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Marksville
- Brian BensonLeesville$278K
- Meredith WarnerBaton Rouge$232K
- Tyson GreenLake Charles$203K
- Bryon McKennaThibodaux$131K
- Mohamad IssaNew Orleans$24K
- Leon WatkinsMetairie$18K
- Phuoc BuiMinden$15K
- Henrique HilarioShreveport$14K
- Beau WillisMetairie$13K
- Nimish ChokshiMetairie$12K
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.