Chad Bracey
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Simpsonville, SCNPI 1780031781
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 45 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 24.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $660 and has fallen 79.8% since, to $133 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for foot & ankle surgery clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $3,057.
Across 45 payments — averaging $30.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$333
- Convatec Inc.$284
- Organogenesis Inc.$277
- Triad Life Sciences Inc.$102
- Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$100
- KCI USA, Inc.$73
- plus $186 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,355100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 20 | $333 |
| Convatec Inc. | 4 | $284 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 6 | $277 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $100 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $69 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $17 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Abbott | 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.
- InnovaMatrix AC$367
- PuraPly$227
- NUZYRA$123
- JUBLIA$100
How this compares
$1,355 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 87 foot & ankle surgery providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Terbinafine Hcl | 38 | $822 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 36 | $509 |
| Gabapentin | 26 | $285 |
| Cephalexin | 54 | $200 |
| Prednisone | 58 | $193 |
| Colchicine | 14 | $162 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 20 | $128 |
| Fluconazole | 27 | $121 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 31 | $112 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $86 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 19 | $74 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Simpsonville
- Michael SweeneySimpsonville$8K
- Brian WeatherbySimpsonville$8K
- Isabella SaleySimpsonville$3K
- Brianna LachSimpsonville$3K
- Benjamin OverleyHilton Head Island$643K
- Tyler GonzalezColumbia$525K
- Alison GartenRock Hill$419K
- Christopher GrossCharleston$394K
- Robert KleinGreenville$358K
- William JamesColumbia$222K
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.