Carlos Smith, DPM
Podiatrist · Chicago, ILNPI 1033190079
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,815 of the $5,515 with a category attached, or 69.2%. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. at 27.7% of the total.
Across 140 payments — averaging $39.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$2K
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$848
- Medtronic$563
- Organogenesis Inc.$369
- Smith+Nephew$302
- Stryker$232
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$56310%
- Travel & lodging$1,13821%
- Food & beverage$3,81569%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 12 | $1,527 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 40 | $848 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $563 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 14 | $369 |
| Smith+Nephew | 15 | $302 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 5 | $232 |
| Abbott | 5 | $181 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $177 |
| Next Science LLC | 6 | $145 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 8 | $144 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 3 | $143 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $124 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $109 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $106 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $101 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $68 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $25 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $22 |
| Vertex | 1 | $22 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Medwest Associates | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Lapiplasty System$1,249
- PEEK ZIP$150
- EXPAREL$124
- MaxxCell$119
- VersaWrap$114
How this compares
$5,515 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 409 podiatrist providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 237 | $3,778 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 201 | $3,135 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 21 | $240 |
| Ibuprofen | 70 | $236 |
| Methylprednisolone | 33 | $200 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 11 | $83 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Chicago
- Nathaniel GeorgeChicago$19K
- Walter JacobsenChicago$10K
- David GelbmannChicago$8K
- Leonid BlyuminChicago$6K
- Donna HayesChicago$6K
- Raymond Montoya IiChicago$6K
- Jondelle JenkinsChicago$6K
- Darla ThomasChicago$6K
- Lisa Horn StinsonChicago$5K
- Ivan VelaChicago$5K
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.