Laura Buehler, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Rochester, MNNPI 1346603701
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.8%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 56.0% of the total.
Across 191 payments — averaging $84.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$9K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$3K
- Osteomed LLC$1K
- Organogenesis Inc.$862
- Gemini Medical LLC$650
- Foundation Medical, LLC$635
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8,88055%
- Food & beverage$6,66441%
- Education$6504%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 122 | $9,064 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 21 | $2,595 |
| Osteomed LLC | 5 | $1,189 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 8 | $862 |
| Gemini Medical LLC | 1 | $650 |
| Foundation Medical, LLC | 6 | $635 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $600 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 9 | $193 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $139 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $31 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $28 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $25 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $13 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- PROstep$4,124
- Portfolio$1,610
- EXT-Other$1,081
- 1688$750
- Bun-Yo-Matic$516
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$326
- Affinity$263
- PuraPly$259
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$173
- 7 X 23MM CITRELOCK IMPLANT$173
- ALLOPURE$173
- Actishield$165
- CLAW II$162
- VALOR$152
- ORTHOLOC 3DI CROSSCHECK$131
- PURAPLY WOUND MATRIX$122
- PHALINX$122
- INCEPTIV$116
- Stravix$107
- Grafix$107
How this compares
$16,194 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 102 foot & ankle surgery providers in Minnesota.
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 | 30 | $751 |
| Econazole Nitrate | 13 | $580 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 18 | $198 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $54 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Rochester
- Jared AelonyRochester$4K
- Johannes CoetzeeEdina$4.7M
- Troy BoffeliSaint Paul$1.7M
- Jeffrey SeyboldEdina$270K
- Kyle AbbenSt Louis Park$130K
- Collin MesserlySaint Paul$50K
- Ryan ReinkingDuluth$48K
- Kevin MahoneyMarshall$39K
- Bethany StaehnkeCrookston$27K
- Amber WibbelsRoseau$24K
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.