Adam Hicks, DPM
Podiatrist · Nashville, TNNPI 1952542698
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $5,879 of the $6,202 with a category attached, or 94.8%. Alpha Orthopedic Systems accounts for 97.9% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,570 and has fallen 98.3% since, to $45 in 2025.
Across 14 payments — averaging $443.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$6K
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$45
- Amgen$29
- Stryker$26
- Zimmer Biomet$19
- KCI USA, Inc.$12
Across 126 payments — averaging $3314.23 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$418K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3235%
- Education$5,87995%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 9 | $6,072 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $45 |
| Amgen | 1 | $29 |
| Stryker | 1 | $26 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $19 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$6,202 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 105 podiatrist providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 62 | $401 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 39 | $203 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 20 | $169 |
| Gabapentin | 16 | $103 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 16 | $92 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Nashville
- Michael KingNashville$190K
- Robert FrankfatherNashville$8K
- David TrennerNashville$3K
- Justin JexNashville$1K
- Paul SomersNashville$1000
- Jeffrey LovelandSparta$809K
- Penninah KumarMt Juliet$72K
- James HarrisTrenton$49K
- Matthew NeuhausSmyrna$33K
- Paul HutchisonMemphis$17K
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.