Austin Matthews
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Lumberton, NCNPI 1396002218
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $278,393 of the $279,394 with a category attached, or 99.6%. Stryker accounts for 99.6% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $278,393, more than ten times the $31 reported in 2019. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in NC 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 18 payments — averaging $15,522 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$278K
- Medshape, Inc.$190
- Paragon 28, Inc.$137
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$129
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$123
- Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$96
- plus $325 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$278,393100%
- Food & beverage$1,0010%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 1 | $278,393 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $190 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $129 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $123 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $96 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $95 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $76 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $62 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $41 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- INSIGNIA$278,393
- DynaNail$190
- Portfolio$137
- TENOGLIDE TENDON PROTECTOR SHEET$115
- NEURAGEN NERVE GUIDE$115
How this compares
$279,394 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 196 foot & ankle surgery providers in North Carolina.
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.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Lumberton
- Hughey CarterLumberton$10K
- Robert OlsonGastonia$473K
- Matthew DzurikWilmington$142K
- Kristen McGinnessFayetteville$123K
- William RespessGreenville$79K
- Brian FutrellCary$71K
- Kenneth BloomMooresville$53K
- Stephen HeislerChapel Hill$49K
- Benjamin UmbelMorganton$37K
- Andrew HanselmanWake Forest$30K
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.