Chad Simmons
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Fort Myers, FLNPI 1316105653
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $36,037 of the $59,893 with a category attached, or 60.2%. Smith+Nephew accounts for 86.7% of it on its own, with 25 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $18,422 and has fallen 53.1% since, to $8,641 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in FL 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 217 payments — averaging $276.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$52K
- Stryker$4K
- Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc.$2K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$414
- Organogenesis Inc.$252
- Osiris Therapeutics Inc.$246
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,25010%
- Speaking & faculty fees$36,03760%
- Travel & lodging$9,46616%
- Food & beverage$8,13914%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 124 | $51,915 |
| Stryker | 45 | $3,994 |
| Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc. | 2 | $1,593 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $414 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $252 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 4 | $246 |
| Medline Industries LP | 4 | $197 |
| Amgen | 6 | $190 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $170 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $168 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $107 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $98 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 2 | $68 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Vaporox, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $20 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Bioventus LLC | 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.
- Stravix$37,439
- Grafix$37,224
- Grafix XC$28,853
- GRAFIX PL$24,474
- Oasis$14,295
- STRAVIX PL$7,708
- NA$5,291
- Grafix PRIME$5,067
- Grafix CORE$5,067
- Grafix PL PRIME$5,067
- STRAVIX MESH$2,804
- GrafixPL$2,000
- OASIS MICRO$1,875
- 7 X 23MM CITRELOCK IMPLANT$726
- PROstep$615
- INBONE$356
- Drawtight$343
- X-Twist$343
- TACTOSET$343
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$256
How this compares
$59,893 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 850 foot & ankle surgery providers in Florida.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Fort Myers
- Andrew BelisFort Myers$206K
- Thomas SangiovanniCoral Gables$2.1M
- Shayne JensenPanama City$1.3M
- Thomas RoukisOrlando$1M
- Craig BreslauerStuart$971K
- Bradley LammWest Palm Beach$861K
- Amber ShaneOrlando$830K
- Jonathan BlumKissimmee$785K
- Mario CalaHialeah$541K
- Christopher ReevesLake Mary$424K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.