Alan Discont, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Chandler, AZNPI 1063463305
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.1% of the total across 81 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 33 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $470 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $14 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for foot & ankle surgery clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $2,373.
Across 81 payments — averaging $22.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- DJO, LLC$253
- Amgen$199
- Forthright Medical - AZ, LLC$156
- Organogenesis Inc.$150
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$133
- AbbVie$128
- plus $841 from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,80697%
- Other$543%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| DJO, LLC | 7 | $253 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 11 | $199 |
| Forthright Medical - AZ, LLC | 2 | $156 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 8 | $150 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 6 | $133 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $128 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $105 |
| Stryker | 3 | $82 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $61 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Sandoz | 2 | $43 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 3 | $41 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $40 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $27 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Rikco International, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Glenmark Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Celularity Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Merck | 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.
- MEDLINE UNITE$105
How this compares
$1,860 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 291 foot & ankle surgery providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Terbinafine Hcl | 20 | $409 |
| Celecoxib | 20 | $338 |
| Gabapentin | 22 | $250 |
| Cephalexin | 30 | $177 |
| Ropinirole Hcl | 21 | $157 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 16 | $156 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Chandler
- Myron HansenChandler$480K
- Keith GossChandler$135K
- Urja ShahChandler$20K
- Vanousheh GhandhariChandler$11K
- Raul AvilesChandler$11K
- Ryan ScottPhoenix$1.1M
- Jeffrey McAlisterScottsdale$578K
- Jeffrey HolmesPhoenix$509K
- Scott MalingMesa$382K
- Melissa GalliPhoenix$324K
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.