George Merritt, DPM
Podiatrist · Tallahassee, FLNPI 1710940861
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 38 payments — averaging $50.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- CGG Medical Inc$1K
- Amgen$212
- Smith+Nephew$174
- DJO, LLC$95
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$82
- Organogenesis Inc.$65
- plus $242 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,01853%
- Education$89247%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CGG Medical Inc | 3 | $1,040 |
| Amgen | 10 | $212 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $174 |
| DJO, LLC | 4 | $95 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $65 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $24 |
| Vertex | 1 | $23 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Stryker | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,910 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 588 podiatrist providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Terbinafine Hcl | 111 | $2,992 |
| Celecoxib | 86 | $2,552 |
| Cephalexin | 223 | $1,498 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 26 | $1,473 |
| Diclofenac Sodium ErDiclofenac Sodium | 19 | $1,202 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 108 | $900 |
| Meloxicam | 74 | $814 |
| Methylprednisolone | 94 | $804 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 40 | $637 |
| Gabapentin | 38 | $623 |
| Ibuprofen | 12 | $239 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 15 | $235 |
| Allopurinol | 11 | $121 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 19 | $76 |
| Azithromycin | 12 | $74 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Tallahassee
- Joshua NicholsTallahassee$30K
- James CottomSarasota$1.9M
- Desmond BellJacksonville$365K
- Caroline KiserFleming Island$206K
- Adam PerlerLargo$160K
- Jeffrey KarrLakeland$101K
- Marie WilliamsAventura$96K
- Todd BrennanTampa$88K
- Robert HooverLake Mary$71K
- Daniel BrandweinPompano Beach$70K
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.