Michael Lacey, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Merrillville, INNPI 1700882602
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 125 payments — averaging $68.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Surgenex LLC$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$1K
- Fusion Orthopedics, LLC.$982
- Organogenesis Inc.$516
- Kerecis Limited$474
- plus $3K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,51318%
- Food & beverage$7,05182%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Surgenex LLC | 10 | $1,257 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 14 | $1,191 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 15 | $1,083 |
| Fusion Orthopedics, LLC. | 2 | $982 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 10 | $516 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $474 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 3 | $371 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 3 | $296 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $181 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $151 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $148 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $145 |
| Ortho Solutions Inc | 1 | $144 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 9 | $140 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 6 | $133 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $126 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 2 | $123 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $110 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $90 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $90 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 6 | $86 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $77 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Abbott | 2 | $54 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $42 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $41 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $36 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $19 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Normatec Industries, LP | 1 | $11 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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.
- Kerecis SurgiClose$1,894
- SurGraft$1,144
- SurMatrix$1,144
- ArdeoGraft$1,144
- PelloGraft$1,144
- RenoGraft$1,144
- Lapiplasty System$567
- Kerecis GraftGuide$474
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$336
- BioBrace 23mm$257
- TMC NANOPLASTY SYSTEM$226
- HOFFMANN$174
- VARIAX$173
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$170
- 7 X 23MM CITRELOCK IMPLANT$170
- CITREFIX$170
- SONICANCHOR$170
- T2$164
- INBONE$161
- Stimulan$148
How this compares
$8,564 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 212 foot & ankle surgery providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Colchicine | 13 | $586 |
| Cephalexin | 39 | $410 |
| Methylprednisolone | 43 | $244 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 14 | $148 |
| Gabapentin | 19 | $139 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 24 | $135 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 17 | $132 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 17 | $121 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $94 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Merrillville
- James HongMerrillville$21K
- Steven HerbstMuncie$1.6M
- Douglas BlacklidgeKokomo$689K
- Patrick DeheerIndianapolis$493K
- Scott NevilleMooresville$353K
- Travis MontgomeryWestfield$345K
- Robert Clemency IiiSchererville$215K
- William AdamsGreenfield$178K
- Christopher WintersCarmel$158K
- Steven DouthettFort Wayne$153K
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.