Robert Klein, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Greenville, SCNPI 1376543686
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (56.0%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by KCI USA, Inc. at 52.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $108,926 and has fallen 54.5% since, to $49,601 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 396 payments — averaging $904.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- KCI USA, Inc.$188K
- Solventum Corporation$151K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$9K
- Kerecis Limited$2K
- Hartmann USA, Inc.$2K
- Darco International, Inc.$1K
- plus $5K from 19 others
Across 12 payments — averaging $1790.73 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.
- Solventum Corporation$15K
- KCI USA, Inc.$7K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$95,12127%
- Speaking & faculty fees$200,47556%
- Travel & lodging$39,73011%
- Food & beverage$8,7372%
- Education$14,0954%
- Gifts$360%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KCI USA, Inc. | 195 | $187,830 |
| Solventum Corporation | 99 | $150,847 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 32 | $8,666 |
| Kerecis Limited | 6 | $2,448 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 5 | $1,948 |
| Darco International, Inc. | 1 | $1,325 |
| Lifenet Health | 6 | $964 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 4 | $818 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 3 | $703 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 3 | $582 |
| Misonix Inc | 21 | $466 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $423 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $400 |
| OVIK Health, LLC | 4 | $148 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $120 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| Venturemed Group, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $32 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $19 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Reddress USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- ACTIV.A.C.$154,817
- PROMOGRAN PRISMA$128,518
- V.A.C. DERMATAC$86,857
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$81,219
- SNAP$54,789
- 3M Cavilon$50,101
- 3M Coban$46,787
- PROMOGRAN$37,339
- PREVENA$34,501
- V.A.C. VERAFLO CLEANSE CHOICE$32,676
- V.A.C. ULTA$23,972
- KERRAMAX CARE$23,697
- Curos$23,173
- ATTEST$19,193
- Bair Hugger$17,098
- VAC VERAFLO$14,235
- V.A.C. GRANUFOAM$11,756
- 3M Micropore$10,935
- ADAPTIC$10,551
- INTEGRA$8,658
How this compares
$358,195 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 87 foot & ankle surgery providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 119 | $1,066 |
| Cefadroxil | 46 | $636 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 63 | $505 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 13 | $98 |
| Mupirocin | 12 | $46 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Greenville
- John WomackGreenville$96K
- Shiv MehtaGreenville$16K
- William HuntingtonGreenville$2K
- Eric ThomasGreenville$2K
- Benjamin OverleyHilton Head Island$643K
- Tyler GonzalezColumbia$525K
- Alison GartenRock Hill$419K
- Christopher GrossCharleston$394K
- William JamesColumbia$222K
- William HarrisLancaster$203K
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.