Heiko Adams, DPM
Podiatrist · Shelbyville, KYNPI 1841298643
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,845 of the $4,983 with a category attached, or 77.2%. 40 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vilex LLC at 27.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,129 and has fallen 63.9% since, to $768 in 2025.
Across 202 payments — averaging $24.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vilex LLC$1K
- Smith+Nephew$661
- Stryker$557
- Organogenesis Inc.$333
- Amgen$207
- AbbVie$196
- plus $2K from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,13523%
- Food & beverage$3,84577%
- Education$30%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vilex LLC | 11 | $1,359 |
| Smith+Nephew | 46 | $661 |
| Stryker | 13 | $557 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 19 | $333 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 26 | $207 |
| AbbVie | 12 | $196 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 7 | $170 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $156 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 7 | $110 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 3 | $104 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $91 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $74 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $55 |
| Celularity Inc. | 4 | $54 |
| Reapplix Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $47 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $35 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $31 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $24 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $13 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 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.
- HINTERMANN$1,068
- VARIAX$160
- GRAFIX PL$147
- STRAVIX PL$147
- OASIS MICRO$147
- Trinity ELITE$134
- HOFFMANN$127
How this compares
$4,983 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 54 podiatrist providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pentoxifylline | 35 | $742 |
| Gabapentin | 65 | $551 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 24 | $331 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 11 | $278 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 48 | $271 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 34 | $234 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 46 | $216 |
| Ketoconazole | 11 | $211 |
| Meloxicam | 62 | $205 |
| Hydroxyzine Pamoate | 18 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Shelbyville
- Thomas ChildressLouisville$283K
- Joshua CogerLouisville$132K
- David SmithHopkinsville$66K
- Matthew FeltnerCampbellsville$38K
- Zachery WeyandtLouisville$37K
- Robert HerbstFlorence$24K
- Michael AllenLexington$24K
- Thomas PoynterDanville$20K
- Andrew BouwkampLouisville$19K
- Braxton RiderLouisville$10K
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.