Kevin Lutta, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Herndon, VANPI 1902063092
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (52.9%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by GLW, Inc at 52.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $12,105, 7.3 times the $1,655 reported in 2019. Among foot and ankle surgery clinicians in VA 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 115 payments — averaging $226.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GLW, Inc$14K
- Novastep Inc.$5K
- Stryker$2K
- International Life Sciences$1K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$816
- Smith+Nephew$475
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$13,78453%
- Consulting fees$4,50017%
- Travel & lodging$9404%
- Food & beverage$6,83926%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GLW, Inc | 2 | $13,784 |
| Novastep Inc. | 11 | $5,392 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 32 | $1,983 |
| International Life Sciences | 2 | $1,212 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 13 | $816 |
| Smith+Nephew | 10 | $475 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 4 | $454 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $384 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 2 | $226 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 3 | $163 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $110 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 6 | $104 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $98 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $88 |
| Ossio Inc | 2 | $88 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $83 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $78 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $65 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $60 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $38 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $3 |
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.
- AIRLOCK Forefoot/Midfoot Plating$4,500
- Apollo$2,581
- INFINITY$383
- PECA Bunion Correction System$358
- VANTAGE$356
- Mepilex Border Post Op AG$329
- PROPHECY$256
- Mepilex Border Post Op$220
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$140
- Q-FIX$140
- CROSSFIRE$128
- R3ACT$120
- REUNION$118
- ADAPT$118
- ORTHOLOC$118
- ALLOWRAP$112
How this compares
$26,063 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 260 foot and ankle surgery providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 85 | $1,136 |
| Gabapentin | 16 | $114 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Herndon
- Mark JonesNorth Chesterfield$2.4M
- Oliver SchipperArlington$1.2M
- Steven NeufeldFalls Church$857K
- Charles ZelenRoanoke$363K
- Ryan VazalesGlen Allen$337K
- Jugal DhariaFairfax$309K
- William SimonVirginia Beach$292K
- William GrantVirginia Beach$271K
- Bradley LevittVirginia Beach$243K
- Richard DernerLake Ridge$212K
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.