Chukwuma Ukata
Primary Podiatric Medicine · Garner, NCNPI 1275630295
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 49 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 25.4% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for primary podiatric medicine clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $1,305.
Across 49 payments — averaging $18.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$228
- Organogenesis Inc.$168
- Amgen$158
- Smith+Nephew$78
- Medtronic$75
- Alfasigma USA, Inc.$47
- plus $142 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$896100%
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. | 14 | $228 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 8 | $168 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 9 | $158 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $78 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $75 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $40 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $20 |
| Orpyx Medical Technologies US Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $9 |
How this compares
$896 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 64 primary podiatric medicine providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonium Lactate | 81 | $2,051 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 41 | $1,051 |
| Ciclopirox | 24 | $663 |
| Ketoconazole | 15 | $281 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 18 | $186 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $120 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other primary podiatric medicine in Garner
- Ashma DavidsonStatesville$32K
- Joseph KiblerSupply$23K
- Jacob PaniciCary$13K
- Ythan WebsterNew Bern$10K
- Jon StancilGreenville$9K
- Kevin McDonaldConcord$8K
- Eric WardMatthews$7K
- Clark BrackneyGreensboro$7K
- Amy PitzerGreenville$7K
- Rose SoutherlandWilmington$5K
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.