Jason Armstrong
Podiatrist · Houston, TXNPI 1053347849
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — other (47.4%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medshape, Inc. at 48.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $47,001 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $689 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in TX 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 185 payments — averaging $493.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medshape, Inc.$44K
- DNE LLC$34K
- Triad Life Sciences Inc.$3K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Osiris Therapeutics Inc.$2K
- Stryker$1K
- plus $4K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,3609%
- Speaking & faculty fees$30,00033%
- Travel & lodging$1,3641%
- Food & beverage$8,2069%
- Education$1120%
- Other$43,29247%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medshape, Inc. | 7 | $43,868 |
| DNE LLC | 5 | $34,364 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 2 | $3,262 |
| Smith+Nephew | 73 | $2,390 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 9 | $2,372 |
| Stryker | 29 | $1,375 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 14 | $1,156 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 3 | $395 |
| Wound Management Technologies, Inc | 5 | $310 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $307 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $252 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 2 | $233 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $182 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $123 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $112 |
| Amgen | 2 | $105 |
| Imbed Biosciences Inc. | 2 | $101 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 2 | $94 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $88 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 3 | $39 |
| Abbott | 2 | $36 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Merck | 2 | $27 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- SEAL$5,416
- NOVAFIX$3,240
- Grafix$2,346
- GrafixPL$2,121
- CellerateRx$978
- GRAFIX PL$717
- Stravix$638
- STRAVIX PL$379
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$323
- Restrata Wound Matrix$232
- Arsenal$223
- PuraPly$182
- FIXOS$171
- LIMFLOW SYSTEM$165
- EX-FIX$140
- T2$136
- CANNULATED SCREWS$133
- DR COMFORT$112
- NexGen$101
How this compares
$91,334 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 470 podiatrist providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 66 | $909 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 22 | $255 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 12 | $122 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 13 | $94 |
| Baclofen | 14 | $86 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 15 | $48 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Houston
- Gary LepowHouston$1M
- Andrew SchneiderHouston$150K
- Randall BeckmanHouston$103K
- Jerry MilesHouston$58K
- Tina OliverHouston$42K
- Lawrence MactavishHouston$41K
- Roberto de Los SantosHouston$33K
- Randal LepowHouston$33K
- Ava WashkoHouston$19K
- Jeffrey RossHouston$16K
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.