Richard Hammond, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Appleton, WINPI 1457328320
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (39.0%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 34.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,117 and has fallen 83.6% since, to $511 in 2025.
Across 66 payments — averaging $138.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Great Lakes Orthopedics$1K
- True North Surgical Inc$745
- Medline Industries LP$640
- Stryker$508
- plus $1K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,56839%
- Food & beverage$3,18335%
- Education$2,40026%
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 | 17 | $3,107 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 7 | $1,669 |
| Great Lakes Orthopedics | 12 | $1,442 |
| True North Surgical Inc | 1 | $745 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $640 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 12 | $508 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $275 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $268 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $156 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Abbott | 1 | $121 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $63 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $9 |
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.
- Product Portfolio$1,135
- APEX$488
- TACTOSET$156
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$126
- CERAMENT G$126
- PROCLAIM$121
- Grafix$114
- GRAFIX PL$114
- VA-LCP$101
How this compares
$9,151 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 105 foot & ankle surgery providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ketoconazole | 106 | $2,034 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 52 | $1,662 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 52 | $375 |
| Ciclopirox | 13 | $311 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 41 | $264 |
| Cephalexin | 46 | $259 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 27 | $254 |
| Methylprednisolone | 34 | $199 |
| Prednisone | 40 | $134 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 12 | $112 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 12 | $90 |
| Mupirocin | 11 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Appleton
- Jay ChristensenAppleton$26K
- Todd DerksenAppleton$23K
- Dustin RiddleAppleton$20K
- David MillerAppleton$7K
- Toni NealAppleton$2K
- Mitch HulbertSheboygan$96K
- James WhelanBeloit$51K
- Nikita GramaStevens Point$31K
- Keith AndersonHayward$31K
- Jason BurkleMadison$26K
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.