Barry Schulman
Podiatrist · Cleveland, TNNPI 1720081078
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 150 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 56.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $922 and has fallen 64.8% since, to $325 in 2025.
Across 150 payments — averaging $22.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Organogenesis Inc.$602
- Amgen$169
- GRT US Holding, Inc.$90
- Kerecis Limited$86
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$82
- plus $427 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,341100%
- Entertainment$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 82 | $1,893 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 37 | $602 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $169 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Kerecis Limited | 5 | $86 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $82 |
| Epsfl, LLC | 1 | $81 |
| Medartis Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $45 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $31 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Stryker | 1 | $27 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Nevro Corp. | 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.
How this compares
$3,350 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 105 podiatrist providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Linezolid | 13 | $1,011 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 22 | $994 |
| Mupirocin | 99 | $807 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 31 | $696 |
| Cefadroxil | 63 | $677 |
| Colchicine | 22 | $599 |
| Gabapentin | 84 | $542 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 42 | $406 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 40 | $371 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 32 | $316 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 29 | $311 |
| Methylprednisolone | 37 | $302 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 25 | $298 |
| Pregabalin | 17 | $266 |
| Levofloxacin | 27 | $147 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Cleveland
- Jeffrey LovelandSparta$809K
- Michael KingNashville$190K
- Penninah KumarMt Juliet$72K
- James HarrisTrenton$49K
- Matthew NeuhausSmyrna$33K
- Paul HutchisonMemphis$17K
- Sam BazrafshanChattanooga$16K
- Abshan MalikKnoxville$13K
- Christopher HendrixBartlett$13K
- Damieon BrownJasper$12K
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.