Syed Ahmed, DPM
Podiatrist · Orland Hills, ILNPI 1902249105
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (36.8%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 46.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $9,286 and has fallen 98.6% since, to $127 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in IL 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 111 payments — averaging $196.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$10K
- Stryker$5K
- Medwest Associates$3K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$518
- plus $504 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,50016%
- Travel & lodging$7,05732%
- Food & beverage$3,19915%
- Education$8,01037%
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 | 26 | $10,177 |
| Stryker | 41 | $5,132 |
| Medwest Associates | 9 | $2,631 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 5 | $1,516 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $1,289 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $518 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 7 | $134 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $76 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $30 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $21 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Product Portfolio$1,442
- INBONE$1,232
- EXTERNAL FIXATION$932
- HOFFMANN$806
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$655
- PROstep$497
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$490
- INFINITY$440
- PROPHECY$440
- AXSOS$149
- VARIAX$125
How this compares
$21,766 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 409 podiatrist providers in Illinois.
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 | 143 | $3,962 |
| Pregabalin | 31 | $1,533 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 53 | $872 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 88 | $743 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 49 | $434 |
| Methylprednisolone | 72 | $407 |
| Mupirocin | 52 | $392 |
| Baclofen | 17 | $112 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 11 | $93 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Orland Hills
- David YeagerMorrison$345K
- Paul KirchnerNew Lenox$143K
- William BushRockford$141K
- Daniel BrownHarrisburg$136K
- Syed HusainArlington Heights$82K
- Timothy GrahamTaylorville$70K
- Paul PotachWheeling$45K
- Steven JasonowiczBarrington$34K
- Jaclyn SchumannJoliet$29K
- Zehra HyderiAlgonquin$27K
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.