Areeba Ahmed, DPM
Podiatrist · Alamogordo, NMNPI 1528459484
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novastep Inc. at 24.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,458 and has fallen 71.0% since, to $424 in 2025.
Across 51 payments — averaging $67.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novastep Inc.$860
- Zimmer Biomet$659
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$515
- Rattan And Associates$325
- Stryker$196
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$150
- plus $761 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,75151%
- Food & beverage$1,71449%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novastep Inc. | 6 | $860 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 8 | $659 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 3 | $515 |
| Rattan And Associates | 2 | $325 |
| Stryker | 6 | $196 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Amgen | 9 | $127 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $124 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $122 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $114 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $78 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $61 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Abbott | 1 | $19 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- PECA Bunion Correction System$700
- Lapiplasty System$483
- Lapidus Plate$407
- RotarexS 6 F x 135 cm$150
- Wegovy$124
- JARDIANCE$114
How this compares
$3,465 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 46 podiatrist providers in New Mexico.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SantylCollagenase Clostridium Hist. | 21 | $16,094 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 105 | $2,602 |
| Ciclopirox | 109 | $1,863 |
| Mupirocin | 65 | $418 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 16 | $250 |
| Gabapentin | 22 | $194 |
| Cephalexin | 24 | $139 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 12 | $77 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+NephewSantyl | $78 | $16,09421 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 70th percentile of 46 podiatrist providers in New Mexico.
Other podiatrist in Alamogordo
- John AndersonAlamogordo$1.4M
- Loren SpencerAlamogordo$2K
- Robert MullanLas Cruces$31K
- Daniel PetersonAlbuquerque$22K
- Lorin BrandonTaos$18K
- Yvonne MuojiejeLas Cruces$13K
- Matthew ClaysonSanta Fe$10K
- Cole BartonRio Rancho$9K
- Joshua AdamsCarlsbad$7K
- Nathan IveyAlbuquerque$6K
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.