Carson Strickland, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Columbia, TNNPI 1881942423
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (26.4%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 35.0% of the total. Among foot and 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 184 payments — averaging $206.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$13K
- Medline Industries LP$7K
- Stryker$5K
- Flower Orthopedics Coporation$4K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Ortho Solutions Inc$2K
- plus $5K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,44620%
- Grants$10,00026%
- Travel & lodging$8,75923%
- Food & beverage$7,91621%
- Education$3,81010%
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 | 17 | $13,279 |
| Medline Industries LP | 20 | $6,619 |
| Stryker | 80 | $4,895 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 4 | $3,969 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 17 | $2,441 |
| Ortho Solutions Inc | 5 | $1,535 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 3 | $1,276 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 7 | $1,118 |
| International Life Sciences | 1 | $535 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $503 |
| Music City Medical Technologies, LLC | 3 | $322 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $210 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 3 | $203 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $182 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $138 |
| Embody, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $108 |
| Novastep Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| Activortho, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 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.
- MEDLINE$8,670
- MEDLINE UNITE$4,335
- PENDING$4,335
- MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.$4,335
- Portfolio$1,682
- INBONE$1,554
- PROPHECY$1,497
- INFINITY$888
- INVISION$871
- PROstep$738
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$465
- SALVATION$465
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$465
- Sports Medicine Propeller Screws$210
- Precision MIS Bunion$156
- INHANCE$150
- PRIME SERIES$146
- Bun-Yo-Matic$142
- TMC PSI CUT GUIDE SYSTEM$142
- ASCENT;ASCENT LE;FIREBIRD SFS;ICON SFS;SFS$141
How this compares
$37,931 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 145 foot and 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 173 | $1,595 |
| Methylprednisolone | 59 | $437 |
| Gabapentin | 37 | $268 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 43 | $263 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 45 | $156 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 29 | $126 |
| Meloxicam | 49 | $120 |
| Ibuprofen | 13 | $59 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 11 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Columbia
- Danielle MalinColumbia$10K
- Rhennetta BorkColumbia$7K
- 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
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.