Michael Simpson, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1457373011
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (50.9%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 67.5% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $6,263 and has fallen 96.4% since, to $228 in 2025.
Across 81 payments — averaging $165.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$9K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$3K
- Stryker$763
- Smith+Nephew$415
- Ossio Inc$210
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$120
- plus $151 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,67827%
- Food & beverage$2,91922%
- Education$6,83151%
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 | 37 | $9,059 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 10 | $2,708 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 12 | $763 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $415 |
| Ossio Inc | 2 | $210 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $120 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $47 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $24 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
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.
- FLEXBAND$173
- LENS 4K$144
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$144
- NAV - ADAPT PLATFORM$119
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE IB LIGAMENT AUGMENTATION$114
- 1688$104
How this compares
$13,428 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 181 foot and ankle surgery providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 27 | $173 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Colorado Springs
- Brad DresherColorado Springs$1.3M
- William MontrossColorado Springs$238K
- John ShankColorado Springs$106K
- Matthew HinderlandColorado Springs$47K
- Jordan CameronColorado Springs$17K
- Belinda LiauColorado Springs$7K
- Michael HoughtonFort Collins$2M
- Joshua MetzlEnglewood$1.8M
- Thomas ClantonVail$1.1M
- Brett SachsWheat Ridge$806K
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.