Clair Bello, DPM
Podiatrist · Athens, TNNPI 1518960855
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,414 of the $6,042 with a category attached, or 73.0%. It is spread thinly across 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.1%. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,522 and has fallen 65.9% since, to $519 in 2025.
Across 128 payments — averaging $47.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Paragon 28, Inc.$1K
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Organogenesis Inc.$531
- AbbVie$311
- Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC$225
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,62827%
- Food & beverage$4,41473%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 3 | $1,278 |
| Smith+Nephew | 51 | $1,101 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 9 | $1,044 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 13 | $531 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $311 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 3 | $225 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $199 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $167 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $149 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $111 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $78 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $69 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $67 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $64 |
| Medartis Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $45 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $24 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Koya Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Product Portfolio$1,128
- PROstep$565
- Grafix$275
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$167
- SALVATION$167
- HawkOne$167
- PHANTOM Hindfoot$150
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$131
- Stravix$129
- Oasis$129
- Affinity$125
- NUZYRA$125
- DALVANCE$119
- LCP$118
- PuraPly$117
- Qutenza$110
- Biomet EBI Bone Healing System$109
How this compares
$6,042 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 105 podiatrist providers in Tennessee.
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 | 66 | $1,534 |
| Mupirocin | 93 | $743 |
| Ciclopirox | 26 | $604 |
| Ketoconazole | 15 | $560 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 30 | $552 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 35 | $448 |
| Gabapentin | 26 | $328 |
| Methylprednisolone | 33 | $210 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 32 | $208 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 15 | $191 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 28 | $165 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 23 | $158 |
| Meloxicam | 62 | $153 |
| Ibuprofen | 13 | $137 |
| Pregabalin | 12 | $79 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Athens
- Jeffrey LovelandSparta$809K
- Michael KingNashville$190K
- Penninah KumarMt Juliet$72K
- James HarrisTrenton$49K
- Matthew NeuhausSmyrna$33K
- Paul HutchisonMemphis$17K
- Sam BazrafshanChattanooga$16K
- Abshan MalikKnoxville$13K
- Christopher HendrixBartlett$13K
- Damieon BrownJasper$12K
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.