Kiera Benge-Shea, DPM
Podiatrist · Saint Louis, MONPI 1902421696
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (40.5%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Elite Orthopedics, LLC at 40.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $8,052 and has fallen 51.7% since, to $3,889 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in MO 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 193 payments — averaging $144.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$11K
- Stryker$5K
- Kerecis Limited$2K
- Convatec Inc.$2K
- Arthrex$1K
- Medline Industries LP$1K
- plus $4K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,55923%
- Food & beverage$11,30840%
- Education$10,05836%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 37 | $11,375 |
| Stryker | 48 | $5,230 |
| Kerecis Limited | 5 | $2,372 |
| Convatec Inc. | 16 | $2,314 |
| Arthrex | 18 | $1,342 |
| Medline Industries LP | 9 | $1,172 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 4 | $899 |
| ETS Wound Care LLC | 10 | $693 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 7 | $381 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 5 | $352 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $280 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $244 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 2 | $174 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $158 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $126 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $96 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $62 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $52 |
| Solventum Corporation | 3 | $51 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $32 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $20 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 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.
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$6,079
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$3,544
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$2,234
- InnovaMatrix AC$1,858
- HOFFMANN$1,028
- INFINITY$895
- Portfolio$697
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$445
- INTEGRA$361
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$328
- PROstep$301
- MIRRAGEN ADVANCED WOUND MATRIX$300
- Viaflow$192
- ACTISHIELD CF$170
- ANCHORAGE$164
- 7 X 23MM CITRELOCK IMPLANT$164
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$159
- INNOVAMATRIX PD$152
- CITREFIX$151
- NA$145
How this compares
$27,925 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 105 podiatrist providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 18 | $1,373 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 25 | $1,155 |
| Ciclopirox | 15 | $402 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 15 | $102 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $101 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $9 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Saint Louis
- Neil ErmitanoSaint Louis$14K
- Daniel NarowitzSaint Louis$12K
- Jay MoradiaSaint Louis$11K
- Tracy ReedSaint Louis$8K
- Michael HoenigSaint Louis$5K
- Matthew ClaxtonSaint Louis$5K
- Caleb WhiteSaint Louis$4K
- Christopher ForsbachSaint Louis$3K
- Stephen SehySaint Louis$1K
- Michael HorwitzSaint Louis$899
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.