Samuel Austin, DPM
Podiatrist · Dearborn, MINPI 1891222964
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (36.1%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pinnacle, Inc at 29.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,435 and has fallen 78.1% since, to $534 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in MI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 86 payments — averaging $109.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pinnacle, Inc$3K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$634
- Stryker$434
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$296
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,27735%
- Food & beverage$3,38536%
- Education$2,72729%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle, Inc | 7 | $2,806 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 15 | $2,362 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $1,496 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $634 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 10 | $434 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $296 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $196 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 4 | $181 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $179 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $148 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 3 | $132 |
| Solventum Corporation | 3 | $125 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Omeza LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Surgenex LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $19 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, 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.
- APEX 3D$1,310
- Product Portfolio$699
- INTEGRA$446
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$149
- PRIMATRIX$149
- Checkpoint Stimulators$148
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$135
- Omnia$126
- LCP$124
- KRYSTEXXA$121
How this compares
$9,389 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 302 podiatrist providers in Michigan.
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 | 90 | $2,462 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 14 | $444 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 35 | $356 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $192 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 13 | $165 |
| Methylprednisolone | 20 | $97 |
| Meloxicam | 19 | $78 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Dearborn
- Hassan AlkhalilDearborn$18K
- Daniel SalamaDearborn$5K
- Fadi JaafarAlma$191K
- Jeffrey KleinLivonia$117K
- Gary RothenbergAnn Arbor$85K
- Randy SemmaCommerce Twp$31K
- Alton JohnsonAnn Arbor$21K
- Krista KotzevaSouthfield$20K
- Darryl MartinsJackson$19K
- Joshua KazdanSouthfield$18K
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.