Tuvi Mendel, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Davenport, IANPI 1033189535
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (36.6%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 41.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,681 and has fallen 78.2% since, to $2,108 in 2025. Among foot and ankle surgery clinicians in IA 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 308 payments — averaging $85.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$11K
- Wardlow Enterprises$7K
- Arthrex$6K
- Globus Medical$772
- Prism Medical$503
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$397
- plus $734 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,96830%
- Food & beverage$9,64637%
- Education$8,73533%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 187 | $10,933 |
| Wardlow Enterprises | 17 | $6,792 |
| Arthrex | 43 | $6,219 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 9 | $772 |
| Prism Medical | 1 | $503 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 28 | $397 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $222 |
| Convatec Inc. | 5 | $188 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $141 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $92 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $22 |
| Bioventus 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.
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$3,631
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$915
- ALIF$500
- XLIF$500
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$480
- BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM$454
- INBONE$193
- TORNIER PERFORM REVERSED GLENOID$153
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$150
- GAMMA$136
- SIMPLICITI$129
- Brigade$111
- MAKO$103
- MPO Medial Pivot Knee$102
How this compares
$26,349 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 112 foot and ankle surgery providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 130 | $158 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 24 | $27 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Davenport
- Michael LeeDes Moines$2.1M
- Phinit PhisitkulSioux City$1.4M
- Sean GrambartDes Moines$590K
- Kelsey MillonigDes Moines$330K
- Charles CibulaCedar Falls$38K
- Gregory FooteWaterloo$35K
- Nathan ShumwayCouncil Bluffs$33K
- Justin RaatzDes Moines$28K
- Mica MurdochDes Moines$25K
- John GreavesCherokee$23K
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.