Joseph Creazzo, DPM
Foot Surgery · Morristown, TNNPI 1518955707
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.1%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 48.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $3,483 and has fallen 60.0% since, to $1,394 in 2025. Among foot surgery clinicians in TN 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 110 payments — averaging $107.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$6K
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC$782
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$571
- Smith+Nephew$532
- plus $977 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,31645%
- Food & beverage$2,71723%
- Education$3,76232%
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 | 27 | $5,725 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 7 | $1,628 |
| Stryker | 8 | $1,580 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 7 | $782 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $571 |
| Smith+Nephew | 22 | $532 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $356 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 6 | $87 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $79 |
| Abbott | 3 | $59 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 4 | $57 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $33 |
| Axogen | 1 | $22 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Kinex Medical Company LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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.
- PROstep$1,336
- Lapiplasty System$546
- EBI Bone Healing System$319
How this compares
$11,795 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 23 foot 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vancomycin Hcl | 71 | $12,567 |
| Celecoxib | 69 | $1,301 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HydrocortNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 22 | $1,164 |
| Methylprednisolone | 137 | $1,060 |
| Meloxicam | 209 | $772 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 71 | $657 |
| Gabapentin | 41 | $618 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 33 | $482 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 34 | $427 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 18 | $361 |
| Mupirocin | 40 | $331 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 26 | $253 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 13 | $242 |
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $139 |
| Levofloxacin | 31 | $116 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot surgery in Morristown
- Julie JonesMorristown$392
- Christopher JuelsCookeville$208K
- David VelardeKnoxville$11K
- David FranklinAlcoa$8K
- Carol AkermanKnoxville$6K
- Mark WrightMurfreesboro$5K
- James EngblomOak Ridge$2K
- David MoinesterMemphis$2K
- Brian ShwerMemphis$2K
- Brian ChristiansenOak Ridge$2K
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.