Alix Charles, DPM
Foot Surgery · Plantation, FLNPI 1023114600
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. at 35.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,988 and has fallen 64.7% since, to $702 in 2025. Among foot surgery clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 73 payments — averaging $107.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$3K
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$2K
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$939
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$515
- Kerecis Limited$409
- Amgen$280
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,56145%
- Food & beverage$4,26955%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 12 | $2,783 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 8 | $1,535 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $939 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 18 | $515 |
| Kerecis Limited | 5 | $409 |
| Amgen | 3 | $280 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $214 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 2 | $174 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $144 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $141 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $128 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $124 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $102 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $97 |
| ETS Wound Care LLC | 1 | $64 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $50 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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$950
- CLARIX$950
- Kerecis SurgiClose$678
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$585
- NUZYRA$352
- RAYOS$329
- Kerecis GraftGuide$170
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$146
- Matriderm$144
- Nextremity MSP$141
- ANCHORAGE$134
- PuraPly$125
- KRYSTEXXA$117
- Versajet$113
- DALVANCE$102
How this compares
$7,830 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 107 foot surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clotrimazole | 201 | $8,045 |
| Pentoxifylline | 88 | $3,831 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 172 | $3,129 |
| Ciclopirox | 87 | $1,885 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 72 | $1,467 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 26 | $890 |
| Gabapentin | 124 | $873 |
| Ketoconazole | 38 | $747 |
| Pregabalin | 17 | $268 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 13 | $163 |
| Indomethacin | 15 | $139 |
| Cephalexin | 22 | $123 |
| Ibuprofen | 24 | $68 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot surgery in Plantation
- David MorrisPlantation$869
- Carmen PartridgePlantation$552
- Larry HodsonPanama City$413K
- Bret BrennanTampa$60K
- Bradley HerbstJacksonville$20K
- Amy DunetzAventura$14K
- Than Binh NguyenTampa$13K
- Orlando CedenoJupiter$13K
- Karen LeePembroke Pines$12K
- Nicole GortaireSt Augustine$11K
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.