Melissa Hurwitz
Podiatrist · Lakewood, CONPI 1124439849
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (58.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 60.6% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,646 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $41 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for podiatrist clinicians in CO, where the typical reported total is $2,051.
Across 27 payments — averaging $75.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$1K
- Medinc Of Texas$304
- Amgen$236
- Stryker$98
- Paragon 28, Inc.$40
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$31
- plus $98 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$30415%
- Food & beverage$54727%
- Education$1,20058%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 4 | $1,244 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 1 | $304 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 8 | $236 |
| Stryker | 4 | $98 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $24 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Celularity Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
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.
- KRYSTEXXA$123
How this compares
$2,051 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 70 podiatrist providers in Colorado.
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 | 19 | $201 |
| CiclopiroxCiclopirox Olamine | 12 | $54 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Lakewood
- Daniel HatchGreeley$7.2M
- Jeremy ChristensenCastle Rock$87K
- Amber KavanaghDenver$20K
- Kenneth MorganDenver$20K
- George ConnerColorado Springs$16K
- Andrea BatraDenver$12K
- Kevin BlueParker$11K
- Christopher JetterCortez$10K
- Varun ChopraDenver$10K
- Erica SeyboldCentennial$10K
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.