Gary Feldman, DPM
Primary Podiatric Medicine · Bethesda, MDNPI 1891717377
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (44.8%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 43.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,632 and has fallen 99.3% since, to $18 in 2024.
Across 26 payments — averaging $176.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$2K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$380
- Ossio Inc$156
- Acumed LLC$142
- Stryker$92
- plus $73 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,00043%
- Food & beverage$54212%
- Education$2,06045%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 1 | $2,000 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 5 | $1,759 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $380 |
| Ossio Inc | 2 | $156 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $142 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 6 | $92 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $38 |
| Amgen | 1 | $19 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
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.
How this compares
Too few primary podiatric medicine providers in Marylandto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 23 | $112 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other primary podiatric medicine in Bethesda
- Ademuyiwa AdetunjiUpper Marlboro$39K
- Melinda ZellarsGermantown$982
- Rick BrysonTemple Hills$405
- David VonsteubenElkton$360
- Tatyana AbramovaPikesville$351
- Sharon RinggoldBryans Road$270
- Michael PearlmanWaldorf$140
- Renee Carter-PerpallBowie$94
- Denise Varquez-HoffmanAnnapolis$49
- Richard JacobsCollege Park$45
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.