Jeffrey Herring, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Nashville, TNNPI 1285634824
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $4,416 of the $5,322 with a category attached, or 83.0%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 49.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,938 and has fallen 98.4% since, to $46 in 2024.
Across 41 payments — averaging $129.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$2K
- Amgen$167
- Smith+Nephew$66
- DJO, LLC$31
- Zimmer Biomet$30
- plus $74 from 4 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $1654.73 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.
- Arthrex$17K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$90617%
- Education$4,41683%
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 | 16 | $2,637 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 4 | $2,317 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 13 | $167 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $66 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $30 |
| Stryker | 1 | $29 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Music City Medical Technologies, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$5,322 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 145 foot and ankle surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 | 26 | $218 |
| Cephalexin | 29 | $181 |
| Meloxicam | 40 | $95 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Nashville
- William CornNashville$52K
- Sheela ChockalingamNashville$15K
- Christopher DreikornNashville$13K
- Andrew PierreNashville$10K
- Bethany GallagherNashville$8K
- Jeffrey WillersNashville$7K
- Reva BorkNashville$7K
- Timothy BushNashville$7K
- Nicholas FussellNashville$6K
- Sebastien DemoinyMorristown$210K
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.