Thomas Clanton
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Vail, CONPI 1235179300
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $922,256 of the $1,075,207 with a category attached, or 85.8%. Arthrex accounts for 88.9% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among foot and ankle surgery clinicians in CO 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 261 payments — averaging $4119.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$956K
- Stryker$118K
- Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions$1K
- Linvatec Corporation$129
- Gemini Medical LLC$125
- Exactech, Inc.$121
- plus $232 from 4 others
Across 28 payments — averaging $19,494 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Arthrex$546K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$922,25686%
- Consulting fees$84,4408%
- Speaking & faculty fees$50,5515%
- Travel & lodging$11,9431%
- Food & beverage$4,8180%
- Education$1,2000%
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 | 206 | $955,782 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 46 | $117,618 |
| Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions | 1 | $1,200 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $129 |
| Gemini Medical LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 1 | $86 |
| Great Lakes Orthopedics | 1 | $80 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $30 |
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.
- ARTHREX$3,602,445
- ASNIS$114,704
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE TENODESIS$89,563
- BIOLOGICS CONSUMABLES CARTILAGE REPAIR ACCESSORIES$87,063
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS DEVICE SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTS HINDFOOT & ANKLE$59,801
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS DISPOSABLE KITS TENODESIS$35,629
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS SOFT TISSUE DISPOSABLE KITS$28,761
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS TRAUMA HINDFOOT & ANKLE TRAUMA$28,761
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS FOOT & ANKLE HINDFOOT & ANKLE$18,604
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS TENODESIS OTHER$8,410
- INFINITY$1,811
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS FOOT & ANKLE ANKLE ARTHROPLASTY$1,740
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE ACHILLES$1,330
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES SUTURE FIBERWIRE OTHER$580
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS IB LIGAMENT AUGMENTATION OTHER$290
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS CORE METAL HINDFOOT & ANKLE$290
- INBONE$283
- ANCHORAGE$250
- CARTIVA$190
- PROstep$130
How this compares
$1,075,207 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 181 foot and ankle surgery providers in Colorado.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Vail
- Jonathon BackusVail$79K
- Michael HoughtonFort Collins$2M
- Joshua MetzlEnglewood$1.8M
- Brad DresherColorado Springs$1.3M
- Brett SachsWheat Ridge$806K
- Jeffrey LehrmanFort Collins$628K
- Kevin NagamaniDenver$288K
- Keith JacobsonDenver$241K
- William MontrossColorado Springs$238K
- Dustin KruseWheat Ridge$217K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.