Ted Lai, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Somers Point, NJNPI 1538509914
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $25,030 of the $34,764 with a category attached, or 72.0%. Medline Industries LP accounts for 63.0% of it on its own, with 27 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $17,422, 3.7 times the $4,725 reported in 2019. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in NJ 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 121 payments — averaging $287.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medline Industries LP$22K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$7K
- Stryker$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$571
- In2bones USA, LLC$412
- Zimmer Biomet$315
- plus $3K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$25,03072%
- Travel & lodging$3,74911%
- Food & beverage$5,67216%
- Education$3121%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medline Industries LP | 29 | $21,913 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $7,475 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 21 | $1,282 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $571 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 2 | $412 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $315 |
| Celularity Inc. | 4 | $304 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $280 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 5 | $276 |
| Abbott | 2 | $258 |
| Eclipse Technology Solutions Inc. | 5 | $247 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $193 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $145 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $139 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $125 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $114 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $110 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $104 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $97 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $61 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $47 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| DJO, LLC | 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.
- MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.$48,800
- MEDLINE$21,600
- PENDING$10,800
- MEDLINE UNITE$10,800
- CoLink$400
- INTEGRA$354
- PROPHECY$312
- Supera peripheral stent system$258
- DynaNail Helix, Washer, 15 mm$193
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$161
- Biovance$137
- Interfyl$137
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$118
- PRIMATRIX$118
- CARTIVA$118
- BIO4$116
- Foot & Ankle-None$116
- DALVANCE$114
- NUZYRA$107
- Kerecis Omega3 Wound$106
How this compares
$34,764 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 542 foot & ankle surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ibuprofen | 46 | $210 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 22 | $149 |
| Methylprednisolone | 28 | $124 |
| Naproxen | 11 | $80 |
| Meloxicam | 16 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Somers Point
- John CozzarelliBelleville$932K
- Matthew RegulskiToms River$843K
- Michael SubikLyndhurst$529K
- Krupa PatelMorris Plains$281K
- Johanna GodoyWayne$254K
- Andrew BriefRidgewood$253K
- Mark SolomonCedar Knolls$232K
- Evan AdlerOld Bridge$195K
- Shane HollawellManasquan$169K
- Jacob ReinkrautRidgewood$80K
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.