Phillip Calaj, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Clermont, FLNPI 1922627793
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.4%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medline Industries LP at 55.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $24,531, 6.7 times the $3,651 reported in 2021. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in FL 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 127 payments — averaging $306.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medline Industries LP$22K
- Reel Surgical, Inc.$6K
- Stryker$6K
- Arthrex$3K
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$376
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$299
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,83448%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,5006%
- Travel & lodging$4,37511%
- Food & beverage$6,91218%
- Education$6,29916%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medline Industries LP | 21 | $21,684 |
| Reel Surgical, Inc. | 11 | $6,158 |
| Stryker | 56 | $5,921 |
| Arthrex | 18 | $3,442 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $376 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $299 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $267 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 2 | $264 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $188 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $40 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $27 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.$46,034
- MEDLINE$24,068
- MEDLINE UNITE$12,034
- PENDING$12,034
- PROstep$2,753
- HOFFMANN$747
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$711
- Actishield$480
- Viaflow$468
- ASNIS$461
- CellerateRx$376
- CITREFIX$344
- VARIAX$314
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$314
- DynaNail$190
- ALPHAVENT$188
- SONICANCHOR$175
- PROSTEP MICA$159
- ALLOGRAFT$149
- VALOR$148
How this compares
$38,920 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 850 foot & ankle surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 53 | $339 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 38 | $243 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 11 | $171 |
| Meloxicam | 16 | $159 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Clermont
- Thomas SangiovanniCoral Gables$2.1M
- Shayne JensenPanama City$1.3M
- Thomas RoukisOrlando$1M
- Craig BreslauerStuart$971K
- Bradley LammWest Palm Beach$861K
- Amber ShaneOrlando$830K
- Jonathan BlumKissimmee$785K
- Mario CalaHialeah$541K
- Christopher ReevesLake Mary$424K
- Ettore VulcanoMiami Beach$411K
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.