Joseph Smith, DPM
Podiatrist · Virginia Beach, VANPI 1457447864
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $3,500 of the $5,182 with a category attached, or 67.5%. Next Science LLC accounts for 60.2% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,408 and has fallen 62.8% since, to $894 in 2025.
Across 22 payments — averaging $235.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Next Science LLC$3K
- Convatec Inc.$793
- KCI USA, Inc.$669
- Medtronic$247
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$150
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$121
- plus $84 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,50068%
- Food & beverage$1,68232%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Next Science LLC | 3 | $3,117 |
| Convatec Inc. | 9 | $793 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 3 | $669 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $247 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $150 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $121 |
| Stimlabs LLC | 1 | $46 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- BlastX$3,117
- InnovaMatrix AC$524
- INCEPTIV$247
- Flexitouch Plus$150
- Nimbl$150
- INNOVAMATRIX FS$141
- ELIQUIS$121
How this compares
$5,182 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 126 podiatrist providers in Virginia.
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 Virginia Beach
- Kevin RabieVirginia Beach$18K
- Charles NicholasVirginia Beach$7K
- Jeffrey FeldVirginia Beach$939
- John ClementsRoanoke$925K
- Leland GilmoreAlexandria$155K
- Justin PhillinganePetersburg$82K
- Jeremy WaltersSuffolk$60K
- Matthew HopsonWilliamsburg$44K
- Benjamin ProtoNewport News$26K
- Nelson KellerGrafton$17K
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.