Jose Gonzalez
Podiatrist · Austell, GANPI 1265818975
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,196 of the $4,590 with a category attached, or 69.6%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 30.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,431 and has fallen 94.0% since, to $145 in 2024.
Across 71 payments — averaging $64.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$1K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$640
- Smith+Nephew$636
- Johnson & Johnson$223
- Medtronic$145
- plus $149 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,39430%
- Food & beverage$3,19670%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 23 | $1,399 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 15 | $1,397 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 13 | $640 |
| Smith+Nephew | 10 | $636 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $223 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $145 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $76 |
| Amgen | 1 | $26 |
| Celularity Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 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.
- TrueLok Ring Fixation System$1,099
- TL-HEX$992
- Stravix$432
- N/A$152
- CANNULATED SCREWS$146
- Stratum Foot Plating System$139
- PROstep$132
- CROSSCHECK$131
- VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS$125
- HawkOne$117
- DARCO$103
How this compares
$4,590 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 177 podiatrist providers in Georgia.
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.
Other podiatrist in Austell
- Ashish KapilaAustell$7K
- Allen RaphaelSmyrna$324K
- Ira KrausFort Oglethorpe$223K
- Stephen BarrettMarietta$82K
- Mohammad SharifAtlanta$79K
- Craig CamastaAtlanta$49K
- Ryan FitzgeraldCanton$43K
- Margo JimenezAtlanta$19K
- Samantha MinerSmyrna$17K
- Robson SpinolaJesup$15K
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.