Joy Russell, DPM
Podiatrist · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1215166384
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.9% of the total across 156 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 32.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,391 and has fallen 76.5% since, to $327 in 2025.
Across 156 payments — averaging $24.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Zimvie Inc.$429
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$416
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$360
- Amgen$204
- AbbVie$203
- plus $1K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1995%
- Food & beverage$3,69795%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 60 | $1,245 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 2 | $429 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 3 | $416 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 25 | $360 |
| Amgen | 16 | $204 |
| AbbVie | 12 | $203 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Polymedics Innovations Inc. | 3 | $125 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 2 | $59 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $52 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $51 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Stryker | 1 | $48 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $42 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $30 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $28 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Reapplix Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Tenex Health Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Biomet EBI Bone Healing System$429
- Lapiplasty System$319
- Stravix$273
- Grafix$149
- GrafixPL$149
- Grafix XC$124
- Oasis$124
- Grafix PL PRIME$120
How this compares
$3,896 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 105 podiatrist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 20 | $123 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $88 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 11 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Chattanooga
- Sam BazrafshanChattanooga$16K
- David AndersonChattanooga$9K
- Robert WaltersChattanooga$967
- Tamara MartinChattanooga$580
- Mario DickensChattanooga$394
- Jeffrey LovelandSparta$809K
- Michael KingNashville$190K
- Penninah KumarMt Juliet$72K
- James HarrisTrenton$49K
- Matthew NeuhausSmyrna$33K
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.