Kurt Relation, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Slingerlands, NYNPI 1467791947
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $83,775 of the $109,280 with a category attached, or 76.7%. Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. accounts for 92.1% of it on its own, with 24 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $97,869, more than ten times the $3,792 reported in 2019. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in NY 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 217 payments — averaging $503.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$101K
- Arthrex$2K
- Prodigy Surgical Distribution, Inc.$2K
- Amgen$716
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$496
- Smith+Nephew$353
- plus $3K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$83,77577%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1000%
- Travel & lodging$13,11612%
- Food & beverage$8,6008%
- Education$3,5943%
- Gifts$950%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 126 | $100,611 |
| Arthrex | 5 | $2,429 |
| Prodigy Surgical Distribution, Inc. | 5 | $2,016 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 10 | $716 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 17 | $496 |
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $353 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $295 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $293 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 5 | $286 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 6 | $279 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 6 | $249 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $181 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $155 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $150 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $148 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $129 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $122 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 1 | $109 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $75 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $48 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $19 |
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.
- LAPIPLASTY SYSTEM 1$89,277
- Lapiplasty System$3,428
- Lapiplasty$2,660
- PERCUPLASTY TRAY$851
- Kerecis SurgiClose$725
- TMC NANOPLASTY SYSTEM$720
- KRYSTEXXA$361
- TMC SPEEDMTP$327
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$261
- TMC PSI CUT GUIDE SYSTEM$217
- Kerecis GraftGuide$181
- Arsenal Ankle$150
- Flexitouch Plus$148
- Entre Plus$148
- Omnia$135
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$130
- Puraply Antimicrobial$125
- NUZYRA$120
- Grafix$120
- GRAFIX PL$120
How this compares
$109,280 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 652 foot & 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ketoconazole | 14 | $262 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $116 |
| Cephalexin | 15 | $77 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Slingerlands
- James McWilliamHarrison$4.7M
- Jonathan DelandNew York$4M
- George Vitole Roy$2.5M
- Constantine DemetracopoulosNew York$888K
- Anne JohnsonNew York$815K
- Scott EllisNew York$597K
- John KennedyNew York$534K
- Michael KellerKingston$532K
- Judith BaumhauerRochester$328K
- Stuart MogulNew York$131K
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.