Gary Liao
Primary Podiatric Medicine · Durham, NCNPI 1275823569
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.0% of the total across 27 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 27 payments — averaging $76.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lifenet Health$332
- Linvatec Corporation$251
- Medtronic$250
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$166
- Forma Medical$143
- In2bones USA, LLC$134
- plus $797 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$201%
- Food & beverage$2,05499%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lifenet Health | 2 | $332 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $251 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $250 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $166 |
| Forma Medical | 1 | $143 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 1 | $134 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $126 |
| Amgen | 1 | $124 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $121 |
| TEI Medical Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $77 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $27 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Mckesson Medical-surgical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
| Abbott | 1 | $13 |
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 SurgiClose$505
- TheraGenesis Wound Matrix$332
- BioBrace 23mm$251
- INCEPTIV$170
- OptimalAkin$143
- Qutenza$137
- NeoSpan$137
- RTS$137
- BioV$134
- CoLink$134
- Reference Toe System$134
- Vitrium$134
- Kerecis GraftGuide$126
- KRYSTEXXA$124
- Senza$121
How this compares
$2,074 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 64 primary podiatric medicine providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonium Lactate | 84 | $1,747 |
| Gabapentin | 39 | $342 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $84 |
| Cephalexin | 19 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other primary podiatric medicine in Durham
- John LordDurham$5K
- Alan SoteloDurham$1K
- Melissa HillDurham$388
- Ashma DavidsonStatesville$32K
- Joseph KiblerSupply$23K
- Jacob PaniciCary$13K
- Ythan WebsterNew Bern$10K
- Jon StancilGreenville$9K
- Kevin McDonaldConcord$8K
- Eric WardMatthews$7K
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.