Heather Hento, DPM
Podiatrist · Tacoma, WANPI 1629293378
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc. accounts for 63.0% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,353 and has fallen 90.6% since, to $127 in 2025.
Across 52 payments — averaging $40.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc.$1K
- Smith+Nephew$569
- Bioventus LLC$131
- Organogenesis Inc.$39
- Zimmer Biomet$23
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$15
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$90443%
- Education$1,20057%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc. | 6 | $1,326 |
| Smith+Nephew | 38 | $569 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $131 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $23 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$2,104 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 134 podiatrist providers in Washington.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vancomycin Hcl | 15 | $3,739 |
| Ciclopirox | 93 | $2,135 |
| Gabapentin | 113 | $1,880 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 80 | $1,413 |
| Pregabalin | 13 | $792 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 75 | $502 |
| Clotrimazole | 16 | $488 |
| Betamethasone Valerate | 16 | $473 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $279 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 26 | $251 |
| Ibuprofen | 15 | $184 |
| Methylprednisolone | 20 | $140 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 15 | $86 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 21 | $63 |
| Meloxicam | 21 | $62 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Tacoma
- Todd ChappellTacoma$9K
- Rebecca Omana-DanielsTacoma$3K
- Eckart PapeTacoma$3K
- Nicholas HeathTacoma$3K
- Jason HussTacoma$2K
- Byron HutchinsonBurien$903K
- Michael DujelaCentralia$99K
- Huy DangCentralia$63K
- Michael FrazierFederal Way$27K
- Ryan StoneBurien$15K
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.