Nicholas Faiver, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Macomb, MINPI 1376029702
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (41.5%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pinnacle, Inc at 37.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,200 and has fallen 78.2% since, to $261 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for foot & ankle surgery clinicians in MI, where the typical reported total is $3,214.
Across 37 payments — averaging $86.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pinnacle, Inc$1K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$453
- Smith+Nephew$303
- Arthrex$293
- Johnson & Johnson$212
- Stryker$154
- plus $592 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$67621%
- Food & beverage$1,33141%
- Education$1,20037%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle, Inc | 1 | $1,200 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 2 | $453 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $303 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $293 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $212 |
| Stryker | 3 | $154 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $151 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $71 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Voom Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Amgen | 1 | $24 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 1 | $23 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$3,206 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 384 foot & ankle surgery providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 30 | $890 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Macomb
- Anthony LalamaMacomb$421K
- John AndersonGrand Rapids$1.3M
- Brian LoderClinton Township$854K
- Karl DunnClinton Twp$434K
- Christopher ZingasSaint Clair Shores$227K
- John MaskillGrand Rapids$202K
- Michael SwordsLansing$189K
- Gregory SheremetaTroy$87K
- Jason WesloskyClinton Township$87K
- Hatim BurhaniGrosse Pointe Woods$77K
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.