Heather Driessen, DPM
Foot Surgery · Columbia, SCNPI 1568602589
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,979 of the $3,294 with a category attached, or 60.1%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Organogenesis Inc. at 39.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,151 and has fallen 87.3% since, to $146 in 2025.
Across 72 payments — averaging $45.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Organogenesis Inc.$1K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$867
- Amgen$182
- Convatec Inc.$158
- Celularity Inc.$118
- Smith+Nephew$101
- plus $559 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1234%
- Travel & lodging$1,19236%
- Food & beverage$1,97960%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Organogenesis Inc. | 18 | $1,309 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 9 | $867 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 7 | $182 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $158 |
| Celularity Inc. | 2 | $118 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $101 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $66 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 4 | $65 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $40 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $30 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 2 | $28 |
| Gilead | 1 | $28 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $26 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Stryker | 1 | $21 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $16 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Cashflow Solutions, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Paragon 28, 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.
- Lapiplasty System$615
- Puraply, NuShield, Affinity$546
- InnovaMatrix AC$131
- Apligraf$123
- Dermagraft$123
- Puraply/Affinity/NuTech$123
- NuShield$108
How this compares
$3,294 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 28 foot surgery providers in South 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 | 37 | $2,037 |
| Ketoconazole | 137 | $1,598 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 57 | $1,181 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 17 | $496 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 30 | $467 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 38 | $273 |
| Mupirocin | 34 | $225 |
| Methylprednisolone | 26 | $216 |
| CiclopiroxCiclopirox Olamine | 12 | $204 |
| Ibuprofen | 24 | $183 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 15 | $176 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $131 |
| Gabapentin | 22 | $107 |
| Cephalexin | 18 | $103 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 19 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot surgery in Columbia
- Maureen QuinlanColumbia$46K
- Amanda WarnerColumbia$9K
- Joseph MoranColumbia$1K
- Ashley NettlesColumbia$246
- Thomas NguyenColumbia$199
- Jordanna BakerFlorence$36K
- Christopher CrabtreeRock Hill$11K
- George SichAiken$6K
- Jeffrey ArmstrongCharleston$4K
- David NegronSpartanburg$2K
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.