Benjamin Potter, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Kingsport, TNNPI 1063919793
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (34.4%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 40 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.8%. 2025 is the largest year on record at $13,704, 3.6 times the $3,791 reported in 2019. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in TN 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 256 payments — averaging $191.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$11K
- Forma Medical$9K
- Kerecis Limited$9K
- Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC$8K
- Stryker$4K
- Organogenesis Inc.$2K
- plus $7K from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,85534%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,52024%
- Travel & lodging$5,72512%
- Food & beverage$11,11223%
- Education$3,5457%
- Gifts$110%
- Other$2150%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 19 | $11,166 |
| Forma Medical | 3 | $8,987 |
| Kerecis Limited | 11 | $8,552 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 10 | $7,559 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 61 | $3,622 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 45 | $1,990 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 20 | $1,861 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $1,145 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 5 | $910 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $464 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $327 |
| Amgen | 4 | $319 |
| Polymedics Innovations Inc. | 1 | $266 |
| Medline Industries LP | 5 | $204 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $200 |
| Celularity Inc. | 1 | $163 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $131 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| DJO, LLC | 6 | $125 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $98 |
| Convatec Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Ortho Solutions Inc | 1 | $63 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $60 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $58 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $51 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $31 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $17 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $16 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| TEI Medical 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.
- OptimalMTP$8,925
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$6,829
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$6,829
- Kerecis Omega3 Wound$6,491
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$6,000
- Kerecis Omega3 Surgibind$4,829
- MiniLock$1,200
- FuzeFix$1,200
- Chamfered Screws$1,200
- Apligraf$370
- PROPHECY$328
- KRYSTEXXA$289
- PuraPly$243
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$224
- ORTHOLOC 3DI CROSSCHECK$224
- EASYFUSE$224
- CYTAL$215
- SALVATION$179
- ORTHOLOC$165
- AUGMENT$164
How this compares
$48,983 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 145 foot & ankle surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 13 | $1,592 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 68 | $671 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 137 | $650 |
| Ibuprofen | 110 | $607 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 34 | $606 |
| Cephalexin | 38 | $385 |
| Methylprednisolone | 34 | $263 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 30 | $251 |
| Meloxicam | 91 | $222 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 21 | $217 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 14 | $176 |
| Gabapentin | 41 | $154 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 12 | $104 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $40 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Kingsport
- Sebastien DemoinyMorristown$210K
- Robert ThompsonMurfreesboro$205K
- Bhekumuzi KhumaloUnion City$201K
- Walter ButlerMemphis$191K
- Chad WebsterCordova$185K
- Christian SmithCordova$153K
- Frank OgnibeneMemphis$148K
- Garnett MurphyGermantown$130K
- Clayton BettinMemphis$89K
- David RichardsonGermantown$61K
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.