Leslie Niehaus
Podiatrist · Alliance, OHNPI 1407802739
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,737 of the $7,680 with a category attached, or 74.7%. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. at 27.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,132 and has fallen 86.8% since, to $414 in 2025.
Across 132 payments — averaging $58.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc.$2K
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Amgen$564
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$527
- Organogenesis Inc.$421
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$377
- plus $3K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,73775%
- Education$1,94325%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. | 7 | $2,087 |
| Smith+Nephew | 41 | $1,092 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 10 | $564 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $527 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 10 | $421 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 7 | $377 |
| Convatec Inc. | 5 | $316 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 6 | $265 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $217 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $198 |
| Stryker | 2 | $174 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $152 |
| Misonix Inc | 5 | $149 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $125 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $123 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 2 | $117 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $114 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $108 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $60 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Novum Pharma, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- INTEGRA$750
- NUZYRA$476
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$250
- PRIMATRIX$250
- KRYSTEXXA$248
- GRAFIX PL$245
- Apligraf$143
- Dermagraft$143
- Puraply/Affinity/NuTech$143
- InnovaMatrix AC$135
- NEOX$125
- CLARIX$125
- IN.PACT Admiral$125
- PROstep$123
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$123
- DALVANCE$121
- Physio-Stim$119
- ACTIV.A.C.$114
- MIDFOOT FUSION$114
- SPEEDTRAP$114
How this compares
$7,680 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 397 podiatrist providers in Ohio.
Other podiatrist in Alliance
- Mark HardyAvon$2.1M
- Lawrence DidomenicoBoardman$1.1M
- Ralph NapolitanoNew Albany$494K
- Thomas GronerNiles$193K
- Michael MaierCleveland$120K
- Eric StortsLondon$101K
- Daniel LoganGahanna$83K
- Howard KimmelBrookpark$67K
- James HayesCleveland$31K
- Nathan RossiCleveland$31K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.