Donald Nichols, DPM
Podiatrist · Clayton, GANPI 1871560235
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (46.0%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC at 59.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,576 and has fallen 78.8% since, to $546 in 2025.
Across 57 payments — averaging $116.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC$4K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$656
- Bone Support Inc.$435
- Stryker$336
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$256
- Smith+Nephew$186
- plus $796 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,00015%
- Travel & lodging$3,04646%
- Food & beverage$2,44937%
- Education$561%
- Gifts$110%
- Entertainment$561%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 6 | $3,954 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 4 | $656 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 3 | $435 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 5 | $336 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 4 | $256 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $186 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $136 |
| Medline Industries LP | 3 | $90 |
| Amgen | 4 | $69 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Osteomed LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 3 | $35 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $27 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $23 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $14 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Tactile Systems Technology 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.
- APEX 3D$498
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$435
- CERAMENT G$306
- VARIAX$175
- GRAFIX PL$147
- Grafix$147
- Stravix$147
- Joust Beaming$136
- TMC SPEEDTMT$130
- CROSSCHECK$112
How this compares
$6,618 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 177 podiatrist providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 117 | $2,961 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 52 | $1,147 |
| Ketoconazole | 48 | $867 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 37 | $249 |
| Naproxen | 44 | $212 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 21 | $193 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 12 | $120 |
| Meloxicam | 45 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Clayton
- Allen RaphaelSmyrna$324K
- Ira KrausFort Oglethorpe$223K
- Stephen BarrettMarietta$82K
- Mohammad SharifAtlanta$79K
- Craig CamastaAtlanta$49K
- Ryan FitzgeraldCanton$43K
- Margo JimenezAtlanta$19K
- Samantha MinerSmyrna$17K
- Robson SpinolaJesup$15K
- Christopher CorwinJohns Creek$15K
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.