Michael Kerzner, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Durham, NCNPI 1609838010
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (31.4%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Paragon 28, Inc. at 33.7% of the total. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 96 payments — averaging $218.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Paragon 28, Inc.$7K
- Lifenet Health$3K
- Osiris Therapeutics Inc.$3K
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$712
- Stryker$524
- plus $4K from 23 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $1884.10 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Smith+Nephew$11K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,43031%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,50012%
- Travel & lodging$5,24025%
- Food & beverage$6,57631%
- Education$1911%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 27 | $7,064 |
| Lifenet Health | 8 | $3,260 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 6 | $2,705 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $2,615 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $712 |
| Stryker | 4 | $524 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 3 | $455 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $447 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $355 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $345 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 3 | $332 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $231 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $225 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $202 |
| Southtech Orthopedics | 1 | $168 |
| Forma Medical | 1 | $143 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $125 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 1 | $123 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $123 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $115 |
| Amgen | 1 | $109 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $77 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $55 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $19 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Portfolio$3,352
- TheraGenesis Wound Matrix$3,162
- Stravix$2,885
- Grafix$2,619
- GrafixPL$2,619
- XIAFLEX$2,530
- Kerecis SurgiClose$1,419
- EX-FIX$937
- Product Portfolio$552
- MONKEY RINGS$534
- Kerecis GraftGuide$355
- TrueLok$269
- VANTAGE$245
- Senza$231
- INCEPTIV$170
- SurgX$150
- Xperience$150
- BlastX$150
- STAR$149
- OptimalAkin$143
How this compares
$20,937 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 196 foot & ankle surgery providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 88 | $526 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Durham
- Robert OlsonGastonia$473K
- Austin MatthewsLumberton$279K
- Matthew DzurikWilmington$142K
- Kristen McGinnessFayetteville$123K
- William RespessGreenville$79K
- Brian FutrellCary$71K
- Kenneth BloomMooresville$53K
- Stephen HeislerChapel Hill$49K
- Benjamin UmbelMorganton$37K
- Andrew HanselmanWake Forest$30K
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.