Bhekumuzi Khumalo, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Union City, TNNPI 1144312521
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $147,447 of the $201,215 with a category attached, or 73.3%. Linvatec Corporation accounts for 73.3% of it on its own, with 25 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $133,586 and has fallen 98.0% since, to $2,738 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in TN 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 148 payments — averaging $1359.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Linvatec Corporation$147K
- Progenacare Global, LLC$36K
- In2bones USA, LLC$8K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Osteomed LLC$1K
- plus $5K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$4,1842%
- Consulting fees$33,68817%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,0000%
- Travel & lodging$10,3425%
- Food & beverage$4,4462%
- Education$1080%
- Other$147,44773%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Linvatec Corporation | 6 | $147,412 |
| Progenacare Global, LLC | 26 | $35,563 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 8 | $8,310 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 16 | $2,494 |
| Stryker | 12 | $1,301 |
| Osteomed LLC | 5 | $1,217 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 7 | $1,184 |
| Smith+Nephew | 25 | $927 |
| Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions | 4 | $850 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 12 | $527 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $482 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $170 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $132 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $100 |
| CPM Medical Consultants, LLC | 1 | $83 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $36 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $36 |
| Tenex Health Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Merck | 2 | $26 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 2 | $22 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $19 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- AVENGER RADIAL HEAD, +4 STEMS$147,277
- AlloAid Allograft$5,295
- TL-HEX TRUELOK HEXAPOD SYSTEM$1,609
- Reference Toe System$1,500
- EXT-ExtremiFix Midsize/Large$982
- PROstep$976
- EXT-Extremilock Foot$846
- BIO-Osteovation (EXT)$846
- Lapiplasty$823
- TrueLok$570
- Grafix$533
- Oasis$533
- PICO$533
- RENASYS TOUCH$533
- Versajet$533
- NOVAFIX$170
- EXT-ExtremiLock Ankle$136
- BioBrace 23mm$136
- Lapiplasty System$135
- PuraPly$114
How this compares
$201,215 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 197 | $1,033 |
| Ciclopirox | 38 | $919 |
| Gabapentin | 94 | $909 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 78 | $617 |
| Methylprednisolone | 73 | $564 |
| Meloxicam | 108 | $526 |
| Probenecid-ColchicineProbenecid/Colchicine | 13 | $493 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 40 | $462 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 86 | $346 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 16 | $241 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 85 | $160 |
| Levofloxacin | 22 | $158 |
| Lidocaine | 12 | $102 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Union City
- Sebastien DemoinyMorristown$210K
- Robert ThompsonMurfreesboro$205K
- Walter ButlerMemphis$191K
- Chad WebsterCordova$185K
- Christian SmithCordova$153K
- Frank OgnibeneMemphis$148K
- Garnett MurphyGermantown$130K
- Clayton BettinMemphis$89K
- David RichardsonGermantown$61K
- Jennalouise Hollnagel-KauffmanFranklin$54K
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.