Michael Birau, DPM
Podiatrist · Mesquite, TXNPI 1043743800
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 110 payments — averaging $88.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Pylant Medical$2K
- Vilex LLC$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$421
- Stryker$412
- Medtronic$386
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,05421%
- Food & beverage$3,76739%
- Education$3,92540%
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 | 28 | $3,490 |
| Pylant Medical | 9 | $1,732 |
| Vilex LLC | 10 | $1,536 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $421 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 7 | $412 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $386 |
| Smith+Nephew | 10 | $289 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $263 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 8 | $142 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $141 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $119 |
| Stimlabs LLC | 1 | $118 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $110 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $102 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $80 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $30 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $14 |
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.
- HINTERMANN$1,280
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$355
- MOTOBAND$308
- Senza$210
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$145
- ALLOFIBER$145
- Arsenal Ankle$141
- Qutenza$128
- ALLACOR P$118
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$115
How this compares
$9,747 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 470 podiatrist providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 49 | $1,447 |
| Lidocaine | 17 | $943 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 25 | $890 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 16 | $620 |
| Ketoconazole | 37 | $558 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 30 | $454 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $385 |
| Silver Sulfadiazine | 58 | $326 |
| Gabapentin | 26 | $322 |
| SsdSilver Sulfadiazine | 35 | $221 |
| Pregabalin | 19 | $212 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 18 | $193 |
| Nystatin | 16 | $151 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 30 | $125 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Mesquite
- Brandon LampeMesquite$154K
- Brian CarpenterFort Worth$1.2M
- Gary LepowHouston$1M
- Travis MotleyFort Worth$888K
- Wayne HurstCedar Park$625K
- Calvin RushingSunnyvale$462K
- Lena LevineFort Worth$298K
- Robert TaylorFrisco$280K
- Alan GarrettFort Worth$236K
- Patrick BriggsWebster$236K
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.