Kevin Schafer, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · New York, NYNPI 1396198172
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (32.7%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 53.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $13,636 and has fallen 87.3% since, to $1,728 in 2025. Among foot and ankle surgery clinicians in NY 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 126 payments — averaging $242.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$16K
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Seapearl East, Inc$1K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$1K
- plus $4K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$10,00033%
- Travel & lodging$6,33521%
- Food & beverage$4,82516%
- Education$9,38731%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 39 | $16,260 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 6 | $4,297 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $1,838 |
| Stryker | 19 | $1,566 |
| Seapearl East, Inc | 10 | $1,355 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 2 | $1,212 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 13 | $1,208 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 12 | $682 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 3 | $465 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 3 | $402 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $380 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $100 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $90 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $68 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $33 |
| Cequr Corporation | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Trabecular Metal (TM)$709
- PROstep$465
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$465
- INFINITY$465
- SALVATION$465
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$465
- VANTAGE$402
- PRIME SERIES$345
- MOTOBAND$238
- SILVERBACK$165
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$156
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$154
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$147
- APEX 3D$144
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$133
- PROPHECY$132
- PHANTOM ACTIVCORE NAIL$125
- CellerateRx$123
- TAPESTRY$123
- EXTERNAL FIXATION$118
How this compares
$30,547 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 652 foot and ankle surgery providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 11 | $13 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in New York
- Jonathan DelandNew York$4M
- Constantine DemetracopoulosNew York$888K
- Anne JohnsonNew York$815K
- Scott EllisNew York$597K
- John KennedyNew York$534K
- Stuart MogulNew York$131K
- Deena HornNew York$93K
- John DoolanNew York$87K
- Jason SnyderNew York$79K
- Meghan KellyNew York$75K
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.