RxDoctor Payments Data

Nathan Shumway

Foot & Ankle Surgery · Council Bluffs, IANPI 1629429451

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — education (44.2%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Conetic Solutions, Inc. at 41.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $10,289 and has fallen 66.4% since, to $3,455 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in IA 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.

$33,306in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 203 payments — averaging $164.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Conetic Solutions, Inc.$14K
  • Stryker$6K
  • Arthrex$4K
  • Orthofix Medical, Inc.$3K
  • Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
  • Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$2K
  • plus $2K from 16 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$11,96436%
  • Food & beverage$6,62620%
  • Education$14,71644%

General payments by program year

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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.

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.

How this compares

$33,306 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 112 foot & ankle surgery providers in Iowa.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$48,784
Medicare patients
338
Services billed
858

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Ciclopirox11$356
Terbinafine Hcl23$161
Methylprednisolone11$68
Meloxicam31$31

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other foot & ankle surgery in Council Bluffs

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