Gretchen Lawrence, DPM
Podiatrist · Forest City, NCNPI 1386797090
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (43.2%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Peerless Surgical Inc. at 32.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,069 and has fallen 85.6% since, to $587 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in NC 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 202 payments — averaging $59.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$4K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$2K
- Arthrosurface Incorporated$955
- Arthrex$850
- Convatec Inc.$831
- Stryker$755
- plus $3K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,88132%
- Food & beverage$5,22743%
- Education$2,99125%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 11 | $3,881 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 17 | $1,615 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 7 | $955 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $850 |
| Convatec Inc. | 13 | $831 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 7 | $755 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 20 | $665 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 25 | $501 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 17 | $302 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 17 | $245 |
| Bioventus LLC | 9 | $212 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $208 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 4 | $191 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 7 | $122 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $96 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $72 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Next Science LLC | 3 | $66 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 4 | $65 |
| Vertex | 2 | $57 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $53 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $43 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $41 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $40 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $34 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $22 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $21 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $20 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Lapiplasty System$1,150
- HemiCAP MTP Resurfacing$645
- InnovaMatrix AC$559
- KRYSTEXXA$384
- MIS Instrumentation$325
- NUZYRA$204
- HOFFMANN$171
- CITREFIX$171
- PROstep$148
- SpiralUP$126
- Santyl$120
How this compares
$12,099 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 109 podiatrist providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 68 | $1,728 |
| Ketoconazole | 48 | $1,587 |
| Mupirocin | 110 | $809 |
| Pregabalin | 26 | $722 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 30 | $703 |
| Cephalexin | 66 | $422 |
| SsdSilver Sulfadiazine | 26 | $287 |
| Ibuprofen | 18 | $197 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 14 | $189 |
| Meloxicam | 64 | $183 |
| Silver Sulfadiazine | 13 | $178 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 15 | $172 |
| Methylprednisolone | 32 | $148 |
| Allopurinol | 16 | $127 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $119 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Forest City
- Jordan MeyersRaleigh$343K
- Christopher GaulandGreenville$56K
- Scott MartinRocky Mount$14K
- William WeilyCharlotte$11K
- Kristin KirbyHuntersville$10K
- Robert PrzynoschWaynesville$9K
- William BanksWaynesville$9K
- Emily LobosAsheville$9K
- Richard LindCharlotte$8K
- Alan BoehmRaleigh$8K
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.