Brian Carpenter
Podiatrist · Fort Worth, TXNPI 1154386647
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,213,620 of the $1,218,544 with a category attached, or 99.6%. Arthrex accounts for 96.3% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $265,659, 3.6 times the $73,455 reported in 2019. Among podiatrist clinicians in TX 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 67 payments — averaging $18,187 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$1.2M
- Osteomed LLC$22K
- Acumed LLC$14K
- Arthrosurface Incorporated$9K
- Pylant Medical$145
- Paragon 28, Inc.$112
- plus $127 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,213,620100%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,5740%
- Travel & lodging$1,4610%
- Food & beverage$8880%
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 | 28 | $1,173,321 |
| Osteomed LLC | 9 | $22,041 |
| Acumed LLC | 7 | $13,850 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 18 | $8,947 |
| Pylant Medical | 2 | $145 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $52 |
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.
- ARTHREX$4,971,346
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS HINDFOOT & ANKLE ANKLE FRACTURE$96,959
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS TRAUMA ANKLE FRACTURE$69,739
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS TRAUMA HINDFOOT & ANKLE TRAUMA$69,739
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS DEVICE SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTS HINDFOOT & ANKLE$44,101
- EXT-ExtremiLock Ankle$22,041
- OsteoMed$13,850
- CheckMate Toe Plate$4,407
- HemiCAP MTP Resurfacing$4,216
How this compares
$1,218,544 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 470 podiatrist providers in Texas.
Other podiatrist in Fort Worth
- Alan GarrettFort Worth$185K
- Brady RhodesFort Worth$110K
- Travis MotleyFort Worth$25K
- Gary LepowHouston$1M
- Wayne HurstCedar Park$625K
- Calvin RushingSunnyvale$452K
- Gregory JarygaFt Worth$175K
- Brandon LampeMesquite$154K
- Andrew SchneiderHouston$150K
- Patrick BriggsWebster$133K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.