Melissa Journot, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Leawood, KSNPI 1497106330
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $16,203 of the $25,901 with a category attached, or 62.6%. It is spread thinly across 46 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.7%. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $9,613 and has fallen 84.5% since, to $1,488 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in KS 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 295 payments — averaging $87.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$6K
- Arthrex$2K
- Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$1K
- Bioventus LLC$1K
- plus $12K from 40 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,32628%
- Food & beverage$16,20363%
- Education$2,3629%
- Gifts$100%
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.
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.
- MEDLINE UNITE$2,082
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$1,812
- INBONE$1,326
- CoLink$1,021
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$991
- Product Portfolio$980
- INFINITY$733
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$585
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$569
- PROstep$556
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$467
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$440
- PROPHECY$434
- GORILLA$342
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$316
- PRIMATRIX$246
- TrueLok$237
- PREVENA$206
- SNAP$206
- 3M Cavilon$206
How this compares
$25,901 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 40 foot & ankle surgery providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 35 | $501 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 54 | $454 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 17 | $226 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 21 | $172 |
| Prednisone | 17 | $101 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $94 |
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $80 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $51 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Leawood
- Sarah RussellLeawood$9K
- Susan BonarLeawood$18
- Greg HortonKansas City$1.1M
- Zhipeng YangKansas City$25K
- Patrick McGregorLawrence$24K
- Andrea DrielingHutchinson$16K
- John GalliganLawrence$12K
- Lucas CosensSalina$10K
- Scott GordonPratt$8K
- Steven OstiguyLawrence$7K
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.