Jorge Matuk
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1811206105
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — other (57.5%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Linvatec Corporation at 57.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $26,839 and has fallen 80.2% since, to $5,316 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 181 payments — averaging $250.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Linvatec Corporation$26K
- Trimed, Inc.$7K
- Stryker$6K
- Bone Support Inc.$5K
- Organogenesis Inc.$301
- Medshape, Inc.$298
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,90011%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5003%
- Travel & lodging$3,6728%
- Food & beverage$9,20920%
- Other$26,08257%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Linvatec Corporation | 5 | $26,082 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 22 | $6,830 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 103 | $5,531 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 12 | $5,163 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $301 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 4 | $298 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $228 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $227 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $154 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Abbott | 3 | $69 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $51 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 2 | $51 |
| Imbed Biosciences Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $24 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Hartmann 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.
- AVENGER RADIAL HEAD, +4 STEMS$26,082
- Tools - AFS$4,874
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$4,824
- Tools - WFS$1,561
- PROstep$1,228
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$537
- INTEGRA$512
- PuraPly$182
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$171
- PRIMATRIX$171
- TheraGenesis Wound Matrix$154
- EASYFUSE$147
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$147
- PROSTEP MICA$147
- DynaNail$141
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$140
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$140
- NUZYRA$125
- NuShield$119
- T2$110
How this compares
$45,363 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 684 foot & ankle surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 88 | $2,358 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 34 | $704 |
| Etodolac | 26 | $533 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 52 | $432 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 23 | $351 |
| Ibuprofen | 19 | $178 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 15 | $164 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 15 | $125 |
| Mupirocin | 14 | $113 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 16 | $110 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 31 | $99 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $78 |
| Meloxicam | 38 | $54 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Houston
- Kevin VarnerHouston$1.1M
- Sherman NaglerHouston$602K
- Abdul NurudeenHouston$404K
- Orlando RiveraHouston$384K
- Brian LepowHouston$309K
- Yueh LeeHouston$95K
- William GranberryHouston$84K
- Nathaniel AlabiHouston$71K
- William McGarveyKaty$3.5M
- Eugene CurryDallas$3.1M
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.