Viliami Vakautakakala, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Richfield, UTNPI 1457768160
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Stryker accounts for 72.5% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,485 and has fallen 87.7% since, to $552 in 2025.
Across 200 payments — averaging $40.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$6K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$754
- Paragon 28, Inc.$666
- Amgen$225
- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$179
- Organogenesis Inc.$93
- plus $324 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,63345%
- Food & beverage$4,52255%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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) | 133 | $5,914 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 5 | $754 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 17 | $666 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 12 | $225 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $179 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $93 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $89 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 4 | $80 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $42 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $37 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $12 |
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.
- VARIAX$1,627
- HOFFMANN$1,287
- ANCHORAGE$822
- SONICANCHOR$822
- SMART TOE$822
- Lapiplasty System$615
How this compares
$8,155 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 104 foot & ankle surgery providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 179 | $1,895 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 50 | $483 |
| Celecoxib | 17 | $458 |
| Methylprednisolone | 53 | $425 |
| Gabapentin | 28 | $417 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 34 | $309 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 18 | $170 |
| Colchicine | 13 | $135 |
| Allopurinol | 12 | $116 |
| Naproxen | 19 | $111 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 15 | $110 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 14 | $48 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Richfield
- Gregory AndersonSalt Lake City$1.6M
- Ryan RigbyLogan$975K
- Florian NickischSalt Lake City$474K
- Brian LiljenquistSalt Lake City$263K
- Douglas TooleSalt Lake City$258K
- Francis ClarkWest Jordan$125K
- David SeegmillerSalt Lake City$120K
- Scott ClarkWest Jordan$74K
- Riley RamptonProvidence$49K
- Gregory CookLogan$34K
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.