Charles Korba
Podiatrist · Raleigh, NCNPI 1184208811
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (52.7%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Orthofix Medical, Inc. at 34.9% of the total.
Across 72 payments — averaging $91.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$503
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$424
- Smith+Nephew$421
- Kerecis Limited$296
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,11432%
- Food & beverage$3,48353%
- Education$1,01115%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 18 | $2,307 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $1,011 |
| Stryker | 9 | $503 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 4 | $424 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $421 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $296 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $260 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $149 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $130 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $117 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $116 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $110 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 1 | $106 |
| Axogen | 1 | $99 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $50 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $46 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $25 |
| Vertex | 1 | $21 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $16 |
| Paladin Technology Solutions | 1 | $15 |
| Eclipse Technology Solutions Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $11 |
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.
- TrueLok$1,844
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$1,037
- INTEGRA$609
- TMC NANOPLASTY SYSTEM$299
- STRAVIX PL$287
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$259
- ACUMED$235
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$203
- PRIMATRIX$203
- ACTIS$196
- HOFFMANN$171
- CITREFIX$171
- GRAFIX PL$162
- OASIS MICRO$162
- STRAVIX MESH$162
- CellerateRx$150
- TheraGenesis Wound Matrix$149
- DynaNail$143
- DynaClip Bone Fixation System, Quattro, 22mm x 20mm x 20mm$143
- DynaNail Mini$143
How this compares
$6,608 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 109 podiatrist providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $53 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 17 | $51 |
| Gabapentin | 14 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Raleigh
- Jordan MeyersRaleigh$343K
- Alan BoehmRaleigh$8K
- Devin GrantRaleigh$7K
- Edgar CorreaRaleigh$6K
- Alyssa CarrollRaleigh$3K
- Christopher GaulandGreenville$56K
- Scott MartinRocky Mount$14K
- Gretchen LawrenceForest City$12K
- William WeilyCharlotte$11K
- Kristin KirbyHuntersville$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.