David Armstrong, DPM
Podiatrist · Los Angeles, CANPI 1427160902
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $598,003 of the $694,935 with a category attached, or 86.1%. Podimetrics, Inc. accounts for 63.0% of it on its own, with 41 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among podiatrist clinicians in CA 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 160 payments — averaging $4343.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Podimetrics, Inc.$438K
- Convatec Inc.$48K
- Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC$44K
- Nevro Corp.$25K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$21K
- Kerecis Limited$19K
- plus $100K from 36 others
Across 41 payments — averaging $16,754 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.
- GE HealthCare$332K
- Polarityte, Inc.$227K
- Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc.$65K
- Ipsen Innovation$29K
- Medline Industries LP$26K
- Smith+Nephew$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$598,00386%
- Speaking & faculty fees$38,7866%
- Grants$30,3214%
- Travel & lodging$24,1943%
- Food & beverage$3,6071%
- Education$240%
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.
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$72,346
- SmartMat$50,057
- AQUACEL Ag Extra$23,260
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$20,307
- InnovaMatrix AC$17,938
- Omnia$16,525
- Diamondback Peripheral$11,160
- VHT-200 Wound Treatment System$10,000
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System$9,800
- Senza$8,848
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$8,006
- AQUACEL AG$6,223
- Qutenza$4,800
- ACTIV.A.C.$4,600
- PREVENA$4,463
- XIAFLEX$3,980
- V.A.C. ULTA$3,938
- PROCLAIM$3,881
- XARELTO$3,740
- ABTHERA$3,150
How this compares
$694,935 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 721 podiatrist providers in California.
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.
Other podiatrist in Los Angeles
- Charles AnanianLos Angeles$69K
- Edward KimLos Angeles$48K
- Benjamin McGrathLos Angeles$25K
- Laura ShinLos Angeles$20K
- Renato SousaLos Angeles$14K
- Megan IshibashiLos Angeles$10K
- Shannon RushPleasanton$1.9M
- Babak BaravarianSanta Monica$1.1M
- Robert KleimanCalexico$913K
- Bruce LawrenceOceanside$810K
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.