Lee Wittenberg, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1700868643
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,517 of the $4,284 with a category attached, or 82.1%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 24.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,860 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $17 in 2025.
Across 104 payments — averaging $41.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$411
- Osiris Therapeutics Inc.$286
- Arthrosurface Incorporated$265
- Abyrx, Inc$202
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$76618%
- Food & beverage$3,51782%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 38 | $1,038 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 14 | $1,012 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 9 | $411 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 6 | $286 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 3 | $265 |
| Abyrx, Inc | 1 | $202 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 2 | $170 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 16 | $161 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 1 | $149 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Merck | 3 | $45 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $45 |
| X-spine Systems, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Abbott | 1 | $21 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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$747
- Stravix$614
- Prolate$416
- Grafix PL PRIME$263
- Grafix$222
- GrafixPL$222
- Montage Settable Resorbable Hemostatic Bone Putty$202
- SONICANCHOR$193
- ADAPT$193
- HemiCAP MTP Resurfacing$181
- CoLink$149
- Indigo$143
- MaxxCell$142
- Fibrinet$142
- Nalocet$139
- GRAFIX PL$128
How this compares
$4,284 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 84 foot & ankle surgery providers in Nevada.
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 | $707 |
| Gabapentin | 51 | $304 |
| Clotrimazole | 13 | $301 |
| Methylprednisolone | 34 | $226 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 15 | $149 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $122 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 25 | $119 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 13 | $106 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $92 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 18 | $73 |
| Allopurinol | 22 | $55 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Las Vegas
- Troy WatsonLas Vegas$1.2M
- Ira WeinerLas Vegas$135K
- Abdolreza RaissiLas Vegas$110K
- Anthony BorgiaLas Vegas$47K
- Nahad WasselLas Vegas$24K
- Casey BurchillLas Vegas$20K
- Timothy BrookesLas Vegas$14K
- Daniel HallmanLas Vegas$12K
- Grant BeckLas Vegas$10K
- Thomman KuruvillaLas Vegas$9K
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.