Michael Brown, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Richmond, VANPI 1700027026
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 24 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Stryker accounts for 62.7% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for foot and ankle surgery clinicians in VA, where the typical reported total is $3,404.
Across 24 payments — averaging $85.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$284
- Innovation Technologies Inc$135
- Arthrex$128
- Fortis Surgical, LLC$99
- Johnson & Johnson$97
- plus $23 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,055100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 13 | $1,289 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $284 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $135 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $128 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 1 | $99 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $97 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $23 |
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.
- VARIAX$330
- PROPHECY$169
- INBONE$161
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$161
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$157
- Affixus$146
- AXSOS$142
- ANCHORAGE$141
- Irrisept$135
- CARTIVA$100
How this compares
$2,055 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 260 foot and ankle surgery providers in Virginia.
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 | 37 | $130 |
| Cephalexin | 43 | $55 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 11 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Richmond
- Mark JonesNorth Chesterfield$2.4M
- Oliver SchipperArlington$1.2M
- Steven NeufeldFalls Church$857K
- Charles ZelenRoanoke$363K
- Ryan VazalesGlen Allen$337K
- Jugal DhariaFairfax$309K
- William SimonVirginia Beach$292K
- William GrantVirginia Beach$271K
- Bradley LevittVirginia Beach$243K
- Richard DernerLake Ridge$212K
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.