Kurtis Bertram, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Atlanta, GANPI 1528592094
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (50.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by United Orthopedics LLC at 32.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $8,700 and has fallen 91.6% since, to $730 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in GA 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 87 payments — averaging $161.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- United Orthopedics LLC$5K
- Arthrex$3K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$267
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,2369%
- Travel & lodging$1,49411%
- Food & beverage$4,31331%
- Education$7,03850%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| United Orthopedics LLC | 4 | $4,638 |
| Arthrex | 13 | $3,389 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 5 | $1,537 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 4 | $1,354 |
| Stryker | 18 | $1,257 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 5 | $267 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $258 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $185 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $175 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $151 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 4 | $136 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $129 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $126 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $105 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $89 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $51 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $40 |
| International Life Sciences | 1 | $32 |
| Amgen | 1 | $26 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $19 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $7 |
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.
- Product Portfolio$1,443
- Restrata Wound Matrix$1,236
- EASYFUSE$156
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$156
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$156
- HOFFMANN$150
- PROPHECY$137
- Stimulan$127
- EVOS MINI$126
- EVOS$126
- Panta 2$126
- SMART TSF$126
- NA$126
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS FOOT & ANKLE MTP$125
- Physio-Stim$107
- Spinal-Stim$107
How this compares
$14,080 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 239 foot & ankle surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CiclopiroxCiclopirox Olamine | 68 | $1,975 |
| Ciclopirox | 23 | $551 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 19 | $477 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 16 | $165 |
| Methylprednisolone | 20 | $147 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $104 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $65 |
| Meloxicam | 24 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Atlanta
- Jason BariteauAtlanta$199K
- Rishin KadakiaAtlanta$53K
- Bhavin MehtaAtlanta$43K
- Gabriel SantamarinaAtlanta$14K
- Paul SpieglAtlanta$11K
- Grahm BahnsonAtlanta$10K
- Spencer KeaneAtlanta$8K
- Robert WeinsteinFayetteville$394K
- Scott RomanPeachtree City$118K
- Jeffrey FlashForest Park$114K
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.