Richard Owens, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Medford, ORNPI 1528269735
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $1,656 of the $2,377 with a category attached, or 69.7%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Steelhead Surgical Inc at 54.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,350 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $34 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for foot and ankle surgery clinicians in OR, where the typical reported total is $2,664.
Across 16 payments — averaging $148.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Steelhead Surgical Inc$1K
- Arthrex$498
- Zimmer Biomet$193
- Johnson & Johnson$151
- Stryker$129
- Paragon 28, Inc.$77
- plus $37 from 1 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $4182.46 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Stryker$54K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$72130%
- Education$1,65670%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 2 | $1,291 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $498 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $193 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $151 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 3 | $129 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $37 |
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
$2,377 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 113 foot and ankle surgery providers in Oregon.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 25 | $226 |
| Cephalexin | 29 | $214 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $192 |
| Amoxicillin | 11 | $18 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Medford
- William GoforthMedford$7K
- Devin DimondMedford$5K
- Joshua MillwardMedford$4K
- Mitchell BoothMedford$3K
- Natalie MesnierPortland$339K
- Stephen WallaceLake Oswego$205K
- Scott BoyntonPortland$120K
- Andrew ShinabargerPortland$85K
- Cassandra TomczakTualatin$73K
- Akash GuptaMilwaukie$40K
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.