Charles Nicholas, DPM
Podiatrist · Virginia Beach, VANPI 1124083100
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.0% of the total across 155 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 30.4% of the total.
Across 155 payments — averaging $44.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Amgen$660
- Bioventus LLC$576
- Kerecis Limited$574
- Smith+Nephew$379
- Convatec Inc.$345
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1382%
- Food & beverage$6,77098%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 38 | $2,099 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 13 | $660 |
| Bioventus LLC | 11 | $576 |
| Kerecis Limited | 7 | $574 |
| Smith+Nephew | 15 | $379 |
| Convatec Inc. | 9 | $345 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $338 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 4 | $270 |
| Misonix Inc | 3 | $149 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $143 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $135 |
| Lifenet Health | 4 | $113 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $111 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 1 | $101 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $94 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $94 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $85 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 1 | $71 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Abbott | 3 | $61 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $56 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $42 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $39 |
| Merck | 2 | $33 |
| Normatec Industries, LP | 1 | $27 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $24 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $23 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Cashflow Solutions, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $5 |
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.
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$961
- Kerecis SurgiClose$549
- CITREFIX$443
- VARIAX$440
- KRYSTEXXA$351
- T2$315
- ASNIS$284
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$240
- ENTRE$228
- INCEPTIV$156
- PROSTEP MICA$156
- HOFFMANN$155
- ALLOGRAFT$155
- FIXOS$155
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$152
- Viaflow$152
- VenaSeal$150
- EASY CLIP$146
- SONICFUSION$146
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$145
How this compares
$6,908 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 126 podiatrist providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 29 | $8,572 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 86 | $2,270 |
| Cephalexin | 26 | $214 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 14 | $183 |
| Lisinopril | 13 | $180 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 13 | $91 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Virginia Beach
- Kevin RabieVirginia Beach$18K
- Joseph SmithVirginia Beach$5K
- Jeffrey FeldVirginia Beach$939
- John ClementsRoanoke$925K
- Leland GilmoreAlexandria$155K
- Justin PhillinganePetersburg$82K
- Jeremy WaltersSuffolk$60K
- Matthew HopsonWilliamsburg$44K
- Benjamin ProtoNewport News$26K
- Nelson KellerGrafton$17K
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.