Daniel Pierini
Podiatrist · Southlake, TXNPI 1437635398
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (31.1%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pylant Medical at 31.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,459 and has fallen 53.3% since, to $2,082 in 2025.
Across 85 payments — averaging $181.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pylant Medical$5K
- Vilex LLC$4K
- Stryker$2K
- Ossio Inc$2K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$1K
- Fuse Medical, Inc.$500
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,00013%
- Travel & lodging$4,76931%
- Food & beverage$3,87725%
- Education$4,80031%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pylant Medical | 7 | $4,892 |
| Vilex LLC | 17 | $3,553 |
| Stryker | 19 | $2,028 |
| Ossio Inc | 3 | $1,898 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $1,198 |
| Fuse Medical, Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $236 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 6 | $156 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $153 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| TEI Medical Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $96 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $82 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 2 | $79 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 2 | $65 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $52 |
| CPM Medical Consultants, LLC | 1 | $48 |
| Ortho Solutions Inc | 1 | $44 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $34 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Axogen | 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.
- HINTERMANN$2,880
- Product Portfolio$1,198
- ANCHORAGE$889
- VARIAX$574
- EASY CLIP$574
- Orbitum Staple System$500
- ALLOWRAP$428
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$278
- REDEMPTION - R&D$232
- BIOskin$169
- ALLOMATRIX$155
- APEX$133
- Physio-Stim$106
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$105
- IDRT$105
- AMNIOEXCEL$105
- FLOWABLE$105
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$105
How this compares
$15,446 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 470 podiatrist providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 27 | $422 |
| Gabapentin | 19 | $399 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 25 | $227 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 29 | $205 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $88 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Southlake
- Daniel CairnsSouthlake$31K
- Dorian JimenezSouthlake$17K
- Brian CarpenterFort Worth$1.2M
- Gary LepowHouston$1M
- Wayne HurstCedar Park$625K
- Calvin RushingSunnyvale$452K
- Alan GarrettFort Worth$185K
- Gregory JarygaFt Worth$175K
- Brandon LampeMesquite$154K
- Andrew SchneiderHouston$150K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.