Timothy Uglem, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Fargo, NDNPI 1396766630
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (31.3%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 39.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $7,016 and has fallen 70.6% since, to $2,065 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in ND 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 129 payments — averaging $135.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$7K
- Sioux Surgical Inc$4K
- Stryker$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Arthrex$621
- Smith+Nephew$387
- plus $652 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,60021%
- Travel & lodging$5,49331%
- Food & beverage$5,44731%
- Education$3,00317%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 11 | $6,883 |
| Sioux Surgical Inc | 13 | $4,009 |
| Stryker | 34 | $3,548 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 27 | $1,443 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $621 |
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $387 |
| Kerecis Limited | 9 | $259 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $167 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $43 |
| Oxford Performance Materials, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $25 |
| Vertex | 1 | $23 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $22 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| TEI Medical Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 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.
- EXPert Nail$3,600
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$1,201
- INFINITY$579
- NA$393
- PROPHECY$368
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$345
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$297
- VARIAX$290
- Additive Orthopedics$145
- GRAFIX PL$144
- Stravix$144
- VA-LCP$131
- Fibulink$126
- MOTOBAND CP$126
- MOTOBAND$126
- Santyl$125
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$124
- SMART TOE$120
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$115
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$115
How this compares
$17,543 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 23 foot & ankle surgery providers in North Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 115 | $322 |
| Ibuprofen | 58 | $239 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 77 | $144 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Fargo
- Robert RenschlerFargo$17K
- John NaughtonFargo$15K
- Richard ArnessFargo$8K
- Bradley OlsonFargo$8K
- Brad AndersonFargo$6K
- Michael WilliamsFargo$2K
- Jessica RispoliFargo$643
- Thomas NordquistMinot$23K
- Rachael RenschlerJamestown$17K
- Yashraj ChauhanGrand Forks$16K
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.