Corine Creech
Foot Surgery · Fairfax, VANPI 1255628350
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.7%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novastep Inc. at 54.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $36,016 and has fallen 65.7% since, to $12,339 in 2025. Among foot surgery clinicians in VA 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 177 payments — averaging $411.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novastep Inc.$40K
- Trilliant Surgical LLC.$15K
- Medshape, Inc.$9K
- Encore Medical, LP$6K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$1K
- Stryker$799
- plus $2K from 15 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $4009.33 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Stryker$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$42,75059%
- Travel & lodging$23,21832%
- Food & beverage$5,6478%
- Education$1,2002%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novastep Inc. | 54 | $39,828 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 32 | $14,527 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 18 | $8,887 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 5 | $5,609 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 4 | $1,293 |
| Stryker | 23 | $799 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 11 | $723 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 3 | $444 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 3 | $151 |
| Responsive Arthroscopy Inc | 1 | $110 |
| Sandoz | 6 | $100 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $72 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $52 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $47 |
| Merck | 3 | $45 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Amgen | 2 | $27 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Dynasplint Systems 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.
- NEXIS$19,954
- AIRLOCK CENTROLOCK$14,000
- PECAPLASTY$12,241
- Minimally Invasive Bunion Plate, Left$10,311
- PECA Bunion Correction System$7,898
- DynaNail$4,304
- DynaNail Mini$4,184
- DynaNail Hybrid$4,184
- DynaNail Helix, Washer, 15 mm$3,572
- Lapidus Correction Jig, Right$3,000
- Arsenal Ankle$1,931
- Arsenal Sinus Support Plate$1,390
- DynaClip Bone Fixation System, Quattro, 22mm x 20mm x 20mm$634
- AccuFill$510
- VANTAGE$174
- AXS INFINITY LS$171
- FUSIONFRAME Ring Lock Circular Fixator$142
- VARIAX$128
- CENTROLOCK MIS Bunion Correction$126
- Arsenal Ankle 10 Hole 1/3 Tubular Plate$120
How this compares
$72,815 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 34 foot surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 13 | $484 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 28 | $466 |
| Cephalexin | 24 | $118 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $96 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $67 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot surgery in Fairfax
- Vickie DriverFairfax$177K
- Srikanth MahavadiProvidence Forge$12K
- Kenneth WilhelmCentreville$8K
- Asif ShahGlen Allen$8K
- Michael ChungVirginia Beach$7K
- Soumaya BaderChesapeake$6K
- Marc BarbellaSuffolk$5K
- N Wynta WilliamsVirginia Beach$5K
- Noel PatelRichmond$5K
- James ShadboltHenrico$3K
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.