Animesh Bhatia, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Columbus, OHNPI 1801803762
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $28,292 of the $45,617 with a category attached, or 62.0%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medline Industries LP at 44.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $24,757 and has fallen 99.3% since, to $174 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in OH 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 137 payments — averaging $332.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medline Industries LP$20K
- Smith+Nephew$14K
- KCI USA, Inc.$3K
- Kerecis Limited$2K
- Osiris Therapeutics Inc.$2K
- Urgo Medical North America, LLC$2K
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,77515%
- Speaking & faculty fees$28,29262%
- Travel & lodging$7,08016%
- Food & beverage$3,4718%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medline Industries LP | 43 | $20,067 |
| Smith+Nephew | 43 | $14,246 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $3,400 |
| Kerecis Limited | 5 | $1,848 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 20 | $1,842 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 2 | $1,838 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 1 | $1,050 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $186 |
| Vaporox, Inc. | 1 | $167 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $132 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $41 |
| Wound Management Technologies, Inc | 1 | $40 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $39 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Amgen | 2 | $28 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 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.
- Dermatology and Wound Care$13,262
- Grafix$11,305
- Stravix$10,235
- GRAFIX PL$6,501
- GrafixPL$4,804
- Grafix XC$4,795
- Grafix PRIME$3,890
- Grafix CORE$3,890
- Grafix PL PRIME$3,890
- SNAP$3,200
- Vashe$1,838
- Kerecis Omega3 Wound$1,665
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$447
- ACTIVAC$200
- VHT-200 Wound Treatment System$167
- Senza$133
- QUVIVIQ$125
- Auvelity$125
- PuraPly$125
- ZEPBOUND$122
How this compares
$45,617 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 429 foot & ankle surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonium Lactate | 13 | $328 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Columbus
- Randall ThomasColumbus$93K
- Jeffrey GittinsColumbus$60K
- Richard WeinerColumbus$18K
- Christopher HyerWorthington$4.7M
- Thomas LeePickerington$4M
- Jordan GrossmanAkron$2.5M
- Robert GorslineHilliard$1.4M
- Jonathan FeibelGahanna$1.4M
- Mark PrisselWorthington$1.2M
- Lee HladGahanna$440K
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.