James Cottom, DPM
Podiatrist · Sarasota, FLNPI 1720079163
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 764 payments — averaging $2422.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$890K
- Vilex LLC$451K
- Kerecis Limited$104K
- Triad Life Sciences Inc.$95K
- Restor3d, Inc.$46K
- BONE Support AB$41K
- plus $224K from 31 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $4278.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$25K
- Avitus Orthopaedics, Inc.$18K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$674,82738%
- Consulting fees$626,00436%
- Speaking & faculty fees$267,64115%
- Travel & lodging$133,1408%
- Food & beverage$14,0081%
- Education$6,2000%
- Ownership interest$9,6001%
- Other$27,2482%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 290 | $890,220 |
| Vilex LLC | 170 | $450,878 |
| Kerecis Limited | 54 | $104,465 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 34 | $94,812 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 16 | $45,588 |
| BONE Support AB | 7 | $40,986 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 9 | $38,116 |
| Gramercy Extremity Orthopedics LLC | 46 | $36,158 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 23 | $33,750 |
| Smith+Nephew | 24 | $26,172 |
| Ossio Inc | 3 | $25,217 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 24 | $24,346 |
| International Life Sciences | 8 | $20,821 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 4 | $5,700 |
| Nextremity Solutions Inc. | 1 | $5,586 |
| Avitus Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $2,975 |
| Medline Industries LP | 8 | $1,476 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 8 | $1,372 |
| Panther Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $825 |
| Stryker | 4 | $348 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $182 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 5 | $175 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $139 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $104 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 2 | $71 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $30 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Hypermed Imaging Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $17 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- ARTHREX$2,782,520
- HINTERMANN$360,729
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$210,653
- Kerecis SurgiClose$205,630
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE TENODESIS$72,124
- InnovaMatrix AC$71,248
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS MIDFOOT PLATES & SCREWS JONES FRACTURE$65,374
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS HINDFOOT & ANKLE CALCANEUS$65,374
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$52,693
- Kerecis GraftGuide$51,408
- INNOVAMATRIX PD$48,690
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS DISPOSABLE KITS TENODESIS$40,541
- SALTO TALARIS TOTAL ANKLE PROSTHESIS$33,451
- PANTA NAIL$33,451
- TOTAL FOOT SYSTEM$33,451
- CADENCE ANKLE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM$33,451
- TOTAL TALUS$31,793
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS TRAUMA JONES FRACTURE$28,502
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS SOFT TISSUE DISPOSABLE KITS$28,502
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS TRAUMA CALCANEUS$28,502
How this compares
$1,850,867 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 54 | $809 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 38 | $222 |
| Cephalexin | 31 | $216 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Sarasota
- Benjamin McManusSarasota$13K
- 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
- John TorregrosaMiami$64K
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.