Kevin Foster, MD
Trauma Surgery · Phoenix, AZNPI 1376590679
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $57,667 of the $92,542 with a category attached, or 62.3%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Avita Medical Americas, LLC at 46.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $40,836 and has fallen 98.0% since, to $827 in 2025. Among trauma surgery clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 272 payments — averaging $340.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Avita Medical Americas, LLC$43K
- Medline Industries LP$18K
- Urgo Medical North America, LLC$10K
- Vericel Corporation$6K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$3K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- plus $8K from 17 others
Across 96 payments — averaging $3791.98 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Avita Medical Americas, LLC$259K
- Molnlycke Health Care AB$45K
- Polynovo North America LLC$30K
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$24K
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,06412%
- Speaking & faculty fees$57,66762%
- Travel & lodging$18,37920%
- Food & beverage$5,4316%
- Education$10%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 25 | $43,110 |
| Medline Industries LP | 19 | $18,356 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 4 | $10,431 |
| Vericel Corporation | 17 | $6,463 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 17 | $3,447 |
| Smith+Nephew | 33 | $3,096 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $2,365 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 8 | $2,274 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 82 | $1,077 |
| Imbed Biosciences Inc. | 11 | $371 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 9 | $310 |
| Polymedics Innovations Inc. | 1 | $282 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 14 | $254 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 7 | $178 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $161 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 7 | $111 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 4 | $106 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $45 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
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.
- RECELL$28,753
- Dermatology and Wound Care$14,207
- Epicel$6,246
- VASHE WOUND SOLUTION 250 ML (8.5 FL OZ) FLIP TOP CAP$5,400
- Vashe$5,000
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$3,150
- FLOWABLE$3,150
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$3,150
- IDRT$3,150
- ACTICOAT 4" X 4"$2,820
- Oasis$2,820
- COLLAGENASE SANTYL$2,820
- Versajet$2,820
- ARTISS$2,365
- Mepilex Border$128
- Mepilex Border Ag$128
- Exufiber Ag$128
- Mepilex Border Post Op$128
- Molnlycke fluidized positioner$128
- SkinTE$123
How this compares
$92,542 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 31 trauma surgery providers in Arizona.
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.
Other trauma surgery in Phoenix
- Gina GoldenPhoenix$66K
- Ara FeinsteinPhoenix$19K
- Natasha KericPhoenix$17K
- Eric PetersenPhoenix$12K
- Sydney VailPhoenix$12K
- Scott SholemPhoenix$10K
- Jordan WeinbergPhoenix$7K
- Nirav PatelPhoenix$2K
- Christopher MellonPhoenix$1K
- Michael EderPhoenix$354
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.