Thomas Freeman, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · New Castle, INNPI 1235178088
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 25 payments — averaging $300.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- 4web, Inc.$7K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$109
- Medtronic$79
- Zimmer Biomet$49
- Stryker$29
- Smith+Nephew$28
- plus $226 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,00093%
- Food & beverage$5207%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $7,000 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $79 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $49 |
| Stryker | 1 | $29 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $28 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $26 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $25 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $18 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 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.
- OSTEOTOMY TRUSS SYSTEM$7,000
How this compares
$7,520 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pentoxifylline | 49 | $1,263 |
| Ketoconazole | 52 | $962 |
| Meloxicam | 240 | $550 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 19 | $424 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 35 | $300 |
| Celecoxib | 13 | $294 |
| Econazole Nitrate | 14 | $249 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 26 | $181 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 17 | $149 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 13 | $123 |
| Azithromycin | 19 | $50 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in New Castle
- 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$158K
- Steven DouthettFort Wayne$153K
- Brian ElliottShelbyville$142K
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.