Richard Arness, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Fargo, NDNPI 1902824600
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,544 of the $8,334 with a category attached, or 66.5%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sioux Surgical Inc at 29.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,858, more than ten times the $173 reported in 2019.
Across 87 payments — averaging $95.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sioux Surgical Inc$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Arthrex$1K
- Kerecis Limited$692
- Johnson & Johnson$564
- Smith+Nephew$463
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,58519%
- Food & beverage$5,54467%
- Education$1,20514%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sioux Surgical Inc | 10 | $2,452 |
| Stryker | 17 | $1,258 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $1,010 |
| Kerecis Limited | 11 | $692 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $564 |
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $463 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $335 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $255 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 2 | $229 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $146 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $96 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 2 | $95 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $39 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $25 |
| Vertex | 1 | $23 |
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 Omega3 Marigen$1,156
- Kerecis SurgiClose$447
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$321
- INFINITY$264
- DART-FIRE$264
- PROstep$171
- ARISTA$148
- Fibulink$146
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$145
- CERAMENT G$145
- Additive Orthopedics$145
- Oasis$144
- MY01 Continuous Compartmental Pressure Monitor$137
- MIB$132
- Cellerate$132
- PURAPLY WOUND MATRIX$130
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$128
- N/A$128
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$124
- SMART TOE$120
How this compares
$8,334 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 23 foot & ankle surgery providers in North Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 31 | $163 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 40 | $145 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 54 | $137 |
| Ibuprofen | 25 | $89 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $50 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Fargo
- Timothy UglemFargo$18K
- Robert RenschlerFargo$17K
- John NaughtonFargo$15K
- Bradley OlsonFargo$8K
- Brad AndersonFargo$6K
- Michael WilliamsFargo$2K
- Jessica RispoliFargo$643
- Thomas NordquistMinot$23K
- Rachael RenschlerJamestown$17K
- Yashraj ChauhanGrand Forks$16K
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.