Lindsey Hjelm, DPM
Podiatrist · Sartell, MNNPI 1366983645
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (38.5%), education and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Synthes GmbH at 46.2% of the total. Among podiatrist clinicians in MN 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 53 payments — averaging $338.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$8K
- Summit Surgical Corp.$5K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$1K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Foundation Medical, LLC$321
- plus $615 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,00022%
- Travel & lodging$6,89538%
- Food & beverage$2,22212%
- Education$4,80027%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 17 | $8,282 |
| Summit Surgical Corp. | 4 | $4,800 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 6 | $1,396 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 6 | $1,353 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $1,150 |
| Foundation Medical, LLC | 5 | $321 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $221 |
| Axogen | 2 | $170 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $97 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $70 |
| Stryker | 2 | $58 |
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.
- TL-HEX TRUELOK HEXAPOD SYSTEM$1,396
- Product Portfolio$1,118
- APEX 3D$142
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$140
- Magellan$134
How this compares
$17,918 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 105 podiatrist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 97 | $367 |
| Methylprednisolone | 36 | $265 |
| Gabapentin | 39 | $214 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 19 | $135 |
| Cephalexin | 17 | $74 |
| Ibuprofen | 14 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Sartell
- Stephen MariashSartell$45K
- Kevin HoltonSartell$3K
- Walter EllisSt Cloud$23K
- Nathan SandersAlbert Lea$17K
- Grace OuyangMadelia$14K
- Nicholas StaubRichfield$12K
- Benjy OlsenDetroit Lakes$11K
- Jacob HarderBrainerd$11K
- Kimberly BobbittMinneapolis$11K
- Sharilyn MooreForest Lake$8K
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.