Russell Baker
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Carrollton, KYNPI 1760043822
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (42.4%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 56.4% of the total. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in KY 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 330 payments — averaging $81.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$15K
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$4K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$2K
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Arthrex$1K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$1K
- plus $2K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$5052%
- Travel & lodging$11,35142%
- Food & beverage$11,36342%
- Education$3,60013%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 166 | $15,137 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 16 | $3,997 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 9 | $1,558 |
| Smith+Nephew | 80 | $1,441 |
| Arthrex | 14 | $1,318 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 9 | $1,062 |
| International Life Sciences | 1 | $729 |
| Acumed LLC | 9 | $350 |
| Amgen | 2 | $247 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 3 | $236 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 4 | $200 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $108 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $103 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $84 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $47 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Blue Surgical LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $31 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $18 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $17 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- PRIME SERIES$1,920
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$1,399
- PROstep$1,366
- INBONE$1,254
- Lapiplasty$1,060
- INFINITY$906
- SALVATION$859
- HOFFMANN$829
- MONKEY RINGS$740
- VARIAX$494
- ACUMED$438
- EASYFUSE$310
- ALLOFIBER$294
- KRYSTEXXA$247
- CITREFIX$175
- RENASYS TOUCH$159
- RENASYS GO$159
- PICO7$159
- MAXTORQUE$156
- STAR$152
How this compares
$26,818 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 141 foot & ankle surgery providers in Kentucky.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 24 | $180 |
| Cephalexin | 15 | $121 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Carrollton
- William Adams IiPaducah$485K
- Sofie PinneyCynthiana$130K
- Carl KihmLouisville$89K
- Bradford FineLexington$82K
- Nicholas LacoLouisville$60K
- Jay LechnerLouisville$29K
- William McGloneLouisville$26K
- Timothy FordLouisville$26K
- Garrett WiremanLouisville$26K
- Jeremy KalmaLexington$23K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.