Craig R Aaronson, DPM

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1 location

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Hospitals they work in

1 hospital

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

Adventist Health ReedleyReedley, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · No emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Adventist Health, which runs 28 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 76% would definitely recommend it
No overall ratingNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate

See every measure and the patient survey for Adventist Health Reedley

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. Safety: 0 better, 1 the same, 0 worse of 1 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

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Every scored measure at Adventist Health Reedley

Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths	12.2 · 41 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths	3.8 · 101 cases	None	Jul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths	0.21 (0 to 0.45) · 169 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths	0.27 (0.05 to 0.49) · 168 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths	0.61 (0 to 1.93) · 142 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections	0.929	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits	-28.8 · 37 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	16.5 · 39 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025

What patients said (133 patients answered, 10% of those asked)

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Patient survey stars by topic at Adventist Health Reedley

Cleanliness	4
Nurse communication	4
Doctor communication	3
Communication about medicines	2
Discharge information	4
Overall hospital rating	3
Quietness	3
Recommend hospital	5

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Share of patients giving the best answer at Adventist Health Reedley

Room was "always" clean	72%
Nurses "always" communicated well	83%
Doctors "always" communicated well	79%
Staff "always" explained	58%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information	88%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge	89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand	76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully	75%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	85%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)	69%
Staff "always" explained new medications	69%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand	78%
Nurses "always" listened carefully	80%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	91%
"Always" quiet at night	56%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital	76%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects	46%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms	87%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$77,663

Medicare paid this office $77,663 for 336 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

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Largest Original Medicare bills

Short return visit (20+ min)	299	$63,791	$60
New patient visit (30+ min)	76	$5,011	$66
Permanent removal fingernail or toenail	15	$1,936	$108
X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	41	$1,652	$24
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle	21	$268	$10

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Every Original Medicare service billed

Short return visit (20+ min)	299	$63,791	$60
New patient visit (30+ min)	76	$5,011	$66
Permanent removal fingernail or toenail	15	$1,936	$108
X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	41	$1,652	$24
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle	21	$268	$10
Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 1 mg	14	$24	None

Procedures Medicare counted

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Procedure volume Medicare published

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)	1-10	None
Removal of nail tissue	31	More than 63% of doctors who do this

Who their Medicare patients are

336 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Under 65 4% · 85 and older 16% · Women 58% · Also on Medicaid 10% · Health risk score 1.29. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical podiatry clinician is at 1.55.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 44% · Coronary heart disease 37% · Chronic kidney disease 35% · Atrial fibrillation 22% · Heart failure 21% · Cancer 18% · Depression 18% · COPD 13% · Dementia 7% · Stroke 7%.

The office billed $149,033, Medicare allowed $111,169 and paid $77,663; for 1,592 services of 22 kinds; $83 of it was for drugs given in the office and $77,580 for care.

Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.

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Original Medicare by year

2024	336	1,592	76	1.29	$149,033	$77,663
2023	403	1,573	77	1.19	$169,419	$95,787
2022	449	1,796	76	1.09	$191,035	$113,272
2021	454	1,741	76	1.13	$184,248	$116,667
2020	493	1,426	77	1.41	$130,519	$72,793
2019	508	1,812	77	1.35	$180,697	$100,598
2018	517	1,896	76	1.46	$199,582	$96,762
2017	491	1,798	76	1.47	$175,421	$87,974
2016	519	1,923	76	1.46	$197,787	$105,955
2015	577	1,991	76	1.62	$202,466	$111,452
2014	530	1,913	77	1.44	$193,700	$109,444
2013	530	2,063	76	1.38	$207,996	$115,203

Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.

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2023: 8 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2023

Short return visit (20+ min)	363	$78,069	$66
New patient visit (30+ min)	95	$7,313	$77
X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	71	$2,784	$26
Permanent removal fingernail or toenail	17	$1,955	$109
Simple or single drainage of skin abscess	11	$1,612	$95
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle	30	$485	$11
Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg	13	$219	None
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	20	$39	None

2022: 7 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2022

Short return visit (20+ min)	400	$91,681	$67
New patient visit (30+ min)	105	$8,416	$80
Simple or single drainage of skin abscess	17	$3,702	$103
X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	82	$3,459	$28
Permanent removal fingernail or toenail	25	$3,419	$104
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle	30	$454	$11
Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg	26	$313	None

2021: 8 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2021

Short return visit (20+ min)	383	$88,930	$70
New patient visit (30+ min)	121	$10,522	$87
X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	95	$4,129	$28
Simple or single drainage of skin abscess	21	$4,051	$101
Permanent removal fingernail or toenail	25	$3,428	$118
New patient visit (15+ min)	27	$1,174	$43
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle	21	$333	$12
Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg	18	$202	None

2020: 9 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2020

Short return visit (20+ min)	376	$54,059	$52
New patient visit (15+ min)	122	$6,453	$53
Permanent removal fingernail or toenail	23	$2,969	$124
X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	61	$1,978	$24
Initial nursing facility care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	29	$1,663	$55
Simple or single drainage of skin abscess	14	$1,317	$77
Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day 20 minutes or more	29	$1,038	$35
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle	20	$263	$11
Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg	20	$208	None

2019: 9 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2019

Short return visit (20+ min)	385	$69,055	$55
New patient visit (15+ min)	113	$6,655	$59
Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day 20 minutes or more	62	$4,400	$47
X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	103	$3,929	$24
Simple or single drainage of skin abscess	17	$2,907	$94
Permanent removal fingernail or toenail	23	$2,797	$117
New patient visit (30+ min)	13	$1,149	$88
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle	26	$388	$13
Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg	26	$260	None

2018: 8 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2018

Short return visit (20+ min)	379	$62,752	$50
Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day 20 minutes or more	80	$5,990	$44
New patient visit (15+ min)	125	$5,988	$48
X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	95	$3,423	$21
Permanent removal fingernail or toenail	15	$1,809	$106
Insertion of wire or pin to bone for traction	12	$982	$61
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle	35	$614	$13
Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg	35	$384	None

2017: 8 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2017

Short return visit (20+ min)	384	$61,521	$49
Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day 20 minutes or more	64	$5,995	$48
New patient visit (15+ min)	96	$4,833	$50
X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	97	$3,028	$20
Permanent removal fingernail or toenail	15	$1,763	$104
New patient visit (30+ min)	13	$1,071	$82
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle	33	$782	$19
Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg	34	$355	None

2016: 8 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2016

Short return visit (20+ min)	398	$69,938	$53
Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day 20 minutes or more	75	$7,452	$51
New patient visit (15+ min)	97	$5,443	$56
X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	86	$3,390	$22
Permanent removal fingernail or toenail	25	$3,372	$125
New patient visit (30+ min)	17	$1,386	$82
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle	28	$591	$20
Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg	28	$203	None

2015: 10 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2015

Short return visit (20+ min)	382	$69,924	$53
Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day 20 minutes or more	109	$7,684	$48
New patient visit (30+ min)	71	$5,568	$78
Permanent removal fingernail or toenail	26	$4,827	$172
X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	99	$3,318	$22
Simple or single drainage of skin abscess	12	$2,954	$95
New patient visit (15+ min)	53	$2,700	$51
Initial nursing facility care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	37	$2,421	$65
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle	27	$710	$20
Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg	27	$174	None

2014: 10 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2014

Short return visit (20+ min)	357	$66,426	$54
Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day 20 minutes or more	82	$11,312	$53
New patient visit (15+ min)	93	$4,731	$51
Permanent removal fingernail or toenail	20	$4,193	$175
Initial nursing facility care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	55	$4,081	$73
X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	82	$3,141	$25
Simple or single drainage of skin abscess	11	$1,090	$91
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle	24	$690	$21
New patient visit (30+ min)	11	$646	$59
Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg	24	$150	None

2013: 11 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2013

Short return visit (20+ min)	386	$69,398	$53
Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day 20 minutes or more	73	$9,012	$51
New patient visit (15+ min)	111	$5,985	$54
X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	97	$4,029	$25
Permanent removal fingernail or toenail	17	$3,780	$164
Simple or single drainage of skin abscess	18	$2,454	$85
Initial nursing facility care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	33	$2,213	$65
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle	28	$850	$19
New patient visit (30+ min)	11	$789	$72
Short return visit	12	$334	$28
Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg	26	$179	None

Medicaid work

$42,544 in 2024

Medicaid paid $42,544 for 334 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 21 people in a month for one service.

Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.

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Largest Medicaid services in 2024

Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive	156	$42,197
New patient visit (30+ min)	46	$265
Short return visit (20+ min)	20	$82
Medication list documented in medical record (COA)	41	$0
Review of all medications by a prescribing practitioner or clinical pharmacist (such as, prescriptions, OTCs, herbal therapies and supplements) documented in the medical record (COA)	41	$0
BODY MASS INDEX DOCD	30	$0

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Medicaid work by year

2024	334	6	21	$42,544
2023	246	5	17	$42,773
2022	343	5	17	$30,038
2021	155	2	17	$31,071
2020	30	1	16	$7,350

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2023

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Largest Medicaid services in 2023

Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive	163	$42,749
Short return visit (20+ min)	23	$24
Medication list documented in medical record (COA)	12	$0
Review of all medications by a prescribing practitioner or clinical pharmacist (such as, prescriptions, OTCs, herbal therapies and supplements) documented in the medical record (COA)	12	$0
BODY MASS INDEX DOCD	36	$0

2022

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Largest Medicaid services in 2022

Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive	117	$29,988
Short return visit (20+ min)	84	$50
Medication list documented in medical record (COA)	43	$0
Review of all medications by a prescribing practitioner or clinical pharmacist (such as, prescriptions, OTCs, herbal therapies and supplements) documented in the medical record (COA)	43	$0
BODY MASS INDEX DOCD	56	$0

2021

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Largest Medicaid services in 2021

Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive	124	$30,998
Short return visit (20+ min)	31	$73

2020

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Largest Medicaid services in 2020

Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive	30	$7,350

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$4,942

Pharmacies billed $4,942 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

181 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $4,942 in drug cost · 84 antibiotic prescriptions to 56 people.

Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.

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Largest Part D drug costs

Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort	22	$1,070	$49
Cephalexin	49	$324	$7
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim	14	$87	$6

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	183	107	None	None	$4,942
2023	247	143	None	0%	$5,363
2022	226	131	None	None	$8,201
2021	238	145	6% (15)	None	$6,248
2020	233	130	None	None	$7,429
2019	192	105	7% (13)	None	$11,119
2018	172	84	11% (19)	None	$20,480
2017	171	85	8% (14)	11%	$29,288
2016	178	98	8% (14)	None	$18,133
2015	191	91	9% (18)	None	$6,187
2014	166	79	11% (18)	None	$7,891
2013	204	92	7% (14)	None	$7,284

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

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2023: 8 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2023

Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort	29	$1,542	$53
Cephalexin	62	$613	$10
Diclofenac	16	$510	$32
Celecoxib	15	$475	$32
Ciclopirox	15	$332	$22
Ammonium Lactate	13	$297	$23
Azithromycin	19	$127	$7
Meloxicam	13	$86	$7

2022: 7 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2022

Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort	37	$2,438	$66
Clotrimazole-Betamethasone	16	$792	$49
Cephalexin	56	$523	$9
Ciclopirox	13	$180	$14
Triamterene-Hydrochlorothiazid	11	$176	$16
Azithromycin	16	$128	$8
Ciprofloxacin	18	$114	$6

2021: 8 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2021

Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort	33	$2,084	$63
Diclofenac	19	$359	$19
Clotrimazole-Betamethasone	12	$358	$30
Cephalexin	45	$298	$7
Azithromycin	22	$177	$8
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	11	$125	$11
Ciprofloxacin	13	$118	$9
Meloxicam	18	$108	$6

2020: 7 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2020

Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort	39	$2,331	$60
Lidocaine	11	$1,352	$123
Clotrimazole-Betamethasone	18	$612	$34
Diclofenac	17	$549	$32
Cephalexin	48	$322	$7
Meloxicam	27	$143	$5
Ciprofloxacin	15	$128	$9

2019: 5 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2019

Diclofenac	17	$3,924	$231
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort	35	$2,189	$63
Clotrimazole-Betamethasone	18	$792	$44
Cephalexin	38	$314	$8
Ciprofloxacin	19	$172	$9

2018: 4 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2018

Diclofenac	16	$2,788	$174
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort	23	$1,344	$58
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	19	$207	$11
Cephalexin	32	$200	$6

2017: 4 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2017

Diclofenac	14	$2,056	$147
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort	18	$878	$49
Cephalexin	33	$270	$8
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	14	$131	$9

2016: 6 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2016

Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort	28	$1,096	$39
Cephalexin	53	$626	$12
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	11	$280	$25
Ibuprofen	11	$208	$19
Ciprofloxacin	17	$121	$7
Azithromycin	13	$72	$6

2015: 5 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2015

Indomethacin	11	$859	$78
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	17	$786	$46
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort	26	$609	$23
Cephalexin	66	$567	$9
Ibuprofen	15	$199	$13

2014: 6 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2014

Indomethacin	17	$1,227	$72
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort	21	$425	$20
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	12	$340	$28
Cephalexin	35	$263	$8
Ibuprofen	13	$110	$8
Meloxicam	12	$88	$7

2013: 4 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2013

Indomethacin	30	$2,374	$79
Cephalexin	54	$378	$7
Meloxicam	16	$184	$11
Ibuprofen	17	$109	$6

Money from drug and device companies

$369 in 2025

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Industry payments by year

2025	3	5	None	$369
2023	1	3	None	$173
2022	1	1	None	$138
2021	1	1	None	$203
2019	1	1	None	$24

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

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Payments by company

Stryker	Gravity	$198	3 payments Education for Citrefix · 2025-10-21 · $28 Meals for Gravity · 2025-10-21 · $153 Education for Dart-Fire · 2025-10-16 · $17
Treace Medical Concepts	Tmc Nanoplasty System	$155	1 payment Meals for Tmc Nanoplasty System · 2025-06-21 · $155
Novo Nordisk	Rybelsus	$16	1 payment Meals for Rybelsus · 2025-06-16 · $16

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Every published payment

Stryker	Education · 2025-10-21	Citrefix	$28
Stryker	Meals · 2025-10-21	Gravity	$153
Stryker	Education · 2025-10-16	Dart-Fire	$17
Treace Medical Concepts	Meals · 2025-06-21	Tmc Nanoplasty System	$155
Novo Nordisk	Meals · 2025-06-16	Rybelsus	$16

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2023: $173

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Payments by company in 2023

Averitas Pharma	Qutenza	$173	3 payments Meals for Qutenza · 2023-06-14 · $25 Meals for Qutenza · 2023-04-25 · $23 Meals for Qutenza · 2023-03-21 · $125

2022: $138

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Payments by company in 2022

Medtronic	Accurian	$138	1 payment Meals for Accurian · 2022-12-14 · $138

2021: $203

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Payments by company in 2021

Treace Medical Concepts	Lapiplasty System	$203	1 payment Meals for Lapiplasty System · 2021-07-01 · $203

2019: $24

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Payments by company in 2019

Tactile Systems Technology	Flexitouch	$24	1 payment Meals for Flexitouch · 2019-05-29 · $24

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score: 0.0 / 100; Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI: 1407896517
Licence: CA E3420
Trained: California School of Podiatric Medicine, 1985
Gender: Male

More record details

Sole proprietor: Yes
Taxonomy: Federal specialty code 213E00000X (213E00000X)
Mailing address: 6235 N Fresno St, Ste. 101, Fresno, CA, 93710
NPI first listed: 2006-06-07
NPI last updated: 2013-06-19

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.