Steven Douthett, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Fort Wayne, INNPI 1821402157
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $111,668 of the $153,340 with a category attached, or 72.8%. Arthrex accounts for 88.9% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $40,397 and has fallen 80.4% since, to $7,915 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in IN 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 299 payments — averaging $512.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$136K
- Steelhead Surgical Inc$14K
- Vilex LLC$1K
- Stryker$490
- Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC$423
- MF MED$280
- plus $926 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$111,66873%
- Travel & lodging$22,02214%
- Food & beverage$6,5504%
- Education$13,1019%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 203 | $136,327 |
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 53 | $13,620 |
| Vilex LLC | 11 | $1,275 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 7 | $490 |
| Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC | 5 | $423 |
| MF MED | 3 | $280 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $191 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $182 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $102 |
| Amgen | 1 | $92 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $56 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $49 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 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.
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS DYNANITE OTHER$1,000
- HINTERMANN$872
- PROstep$321
- InnovaMatrix AC$191
- PuraPly$127
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS FOOT & ANKLE MTP$121
- ARTHREX$112
- HawkOne$102
How this compares
$153,340 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 212 foot & ankle surgery providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 94 | $696 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 35 | $245 |
| Methylprednisolone | 21 | $163 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $66 |
| Meloxicam | 29 | $46 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $42 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $41 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Fort Wayne
- Gage CaudellFort Wayne$47K
- Kristin Ruth ToliverFort Wayne$11K
- Steven HerbstMuncie$1.6M
- Douglas BlacklidgeKokomo$689K
- Patrick DeheerIndianapolis$493K
- Scott NevilleMooresville$353K
- Travis MontgomeryWestfield$345K
- Robert Clemency IiiSchererville$215K
- William AdamsGreenfield$178K
- Christopher WintersCarmel$152K
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.