Sarah Abshier, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Worthington, OHNPI 1578708129
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $21,060 of the $32,890 with a category attached, or 64.0%. Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 82.8% of it on its own, with 25 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $15,074 and has fallen 58.5% since, to $6,249 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in OH 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 317 payments — averaging $103.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$27K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Kerecis Limited$991
- Amniox Medical, Inc.$341
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$292
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$196
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,06064%
- Travel & lodging$6,21019%
- Food & beverage$5,60417%
- Education$160%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 65 | $27,219 |
| Smith+Nephew | 195 | $2,842 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $991 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 2 | $341 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $292 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 8 | $196 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 13 | $172 |
| Stryker | 2 | $148 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $82 |
| Abbott | 4 | $78 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $74 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 1 | $64 |
| Convatec Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 2 | $28 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 2 | $28 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $28 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $14 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Merck | 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.
- NUZYRA$26,249
- Kerecis Omega3 Wound$894
- NEOX$307
- CLARIX$307
- Prokera$292
- AmnioGraft$292
- AmnioGuard$292
- Stravix$247
- VARIAX$128
- Grafix$105
- Grafix XC$105
- GRAFIX PL$105
- PICO7$103
How this compares
$32,890 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 429 foot & ankle surgery providers in Ohio.
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 | 158 | $1,287 |
| Ketoconazole | 30 | $966 |
| Ciclopirox | 61 | $845 |
| Imiquimod | 26 | $490 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 24 | $381 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 11 | $86 |
| Cephalexin | 15 | $75 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 21 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Worthington
- Christopher HyerWorthington$4.7M
- Mark PrisselWorthington$1.2M
- Roberto BrandaoWorthington$151K
- Travis LanganWorthington$141K
- Patrick BullWorthington$95K
- Devon ConsulWorthington$32K
- David GossWorthington$29K
- Cameron MeyerWorthington$20K
- Thomas LeePickerington$4M
- Jordan GrossmanAkron$2.5M
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.