Ahmed Buksh, DPM
Podiatrist · Edmond, OKNPI 1457308736
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (43.3%), education and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pylant Medical at 30.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,770 and has fallen 69.4% since, to $1,152 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in OK 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 182 payments — averaging $94.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pylant Medical$5K
- Amniox Medical, Inc.$4K
- Axogen$3K
- Amgen$1K
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$964
- Smith+Nephew$709
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,45014%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7004%
- Travel & lodging$1,4398%
- Food & beverage$7,45743%
- Education$5,17230%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pylant Medical | 6 | $5,227 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 5 | $3,916 |
| Axogen | 48 | $3,111 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 20 | $1,058 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 4 | $964 |
| Smith+Nephew | 53 | $709 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 14 | $553 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 3 | $365 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 4 | $272 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $205 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $184 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $146 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $143 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $87 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $67 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 5 | $28 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $27 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $23 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $18 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- NEOX$4,589
- CLARIX$4,589
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,153
- KRYSTEXXA$709
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$541
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$541
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$228
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$223
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$223
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$145
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$132
- XARELTO$125
- AUGMENT$122
- SPRINT PNS System$118
How this compares
$17,217 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 54 podiatrist providers in Oklahoma.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 96 | $1,469 |
| Ketoconazole | 16 | $411 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 17 | $367 |
| Cephalexin | 24 | $222 |
| Allopurinol | 17 | $182 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $107 |
| Silver Sulfadiazine | 12 | $99 |
| SsdSilver Sulfadiazine | 14 | $91 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | $56 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Edmond
- Tracy HjelmstadEdmond$886
- Steven WalkerEdmond$663
- Armando CarroEdmond$487
- Barbara BarrettEdmond$25
- David CavallaroOklahoma City$22K
- Aerial AveryAda$13K
- Patricia BoehleOklahoma City$10K
- Kevin DuxMuskogee$8K
- Barinder BassiTahlequah$7K
- Greg RohdeNorman$7K
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.