Kenneth Lai, DPM
Podiatrist · Newtown, PANPI 1801449954
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (58.0%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 39.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,334 and has fallen 72.9% since, to $1,443 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 98 payments — averaging $98.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$4K
- Arthrex$2K
- Medinc Of Texas$606
- Medline Industries LP$555
- Smith+Nephew$373
- Organogenesis Inc.$325
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,84430%
- Food & beverage$5,59458%
- Education$1,20012%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 26 | $3,761 |
| Arthrex | 10 | $1,943 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 3 | $606 |
| Medline Industries LP | 4 | $555 |
| Smith+Nephew | 10 | $373 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $325 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 9 | $300 |
| Novus Surgical Solutions LLC | 2 | $289 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $124 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $117 |
| Axogen | 1 | $111 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $105 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $104 |
| TEI Medical Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $91 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $90 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $89 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $75 |
| Voom Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Eclipse Technology Solutions Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $52 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $46 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Paladin Technology Solutions | 1 | $22 |
| Novastep Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Mission Medical Distribution, LLC | 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.
- STAR$1,210
- PROstep$391
- BIOskin$344
- ANCHORAGE$328
- PuraPly$325
- N/A$320
- PROSTEP MICA$289
- ALLOWRAP$150
- DART-FIRE$134
- PROPHECY$120
- ALLOGRAFT WEDGE SYSTEM$116
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$111
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$111
- AMNIOEXCEL$105
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$105
- IDRT$105
- FLOWABLE$105
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$105
- VenaSeal$104
- ALLEVYN LIFE L 15.4X15.4 CTN10$101
How this compares
$9,638 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 445 podiatrist providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 21 | $382 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Newtown
- Mark HofbauerBelle Vernon$1.1M
- Daniel PerezPhiladelphia$434K
- Christopher BarrettChester$229K
- Alan CatanzaritiPittsburgh$80K
- John StarinskiPen Argyl$74K
- Kwasi KwaaduPhiladelphia$65K
- Luke CicchinelliPhiladelphia$62K
- James McGuirePhiladelphia$60K
- John SchelandClarks Summit$54K
- John LapelusaYork$54K
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.