Kazuto Augustus
Podiatrist · Long Beach, CANPI 1952471922
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.2%), travel and lodging and other — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. at 32.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,989, 3.0 times the $1,328 reported in 2019. Among podiatrist clinicians in CA 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 73 payments — averaging $99.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$2K
- Olympus America Inc.$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$907
- Smith+Nephew$286
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$224
- plus $924 from 9 others
Across 12 payments — averaging $4794.29 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Axogen$58K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,46334%
- Food & beverage$3,26845%
- Other$1,50021%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 9 | $2,345 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $1,500 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 30 | $1,045 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 5 | $907 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $286 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $224 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 4 | $202 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $151 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $139 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Amgen | 2 | $93 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $77 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $69 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $39 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $30 |
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.
- LAPIPLASTY SYSTEM 1$1,733
- INTEGRA$375
- Lapiplasty System$357
- PROSTEP MICA$154
- BioBrace 23mm$151
- HYDROSET$126
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$125
- PRIMATRIX$125
- NEOX$125
- CLARIX$125
- Portfolio$125
- PuraPly$124
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$120
- Qutenza$119
- CARTIVA$113
- Stravix$100
- GRAFIX PL$100
How this compares
$7,231 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 721 podiatrist providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JubliaEfinaconazole | 11 | $8,755 |
| Gabapentin | 117 | $1,454 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 150 | $1,392 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 37 | $1,097 |
| Cephalexin | 16 | $168 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Long Beach
- Jose PonceLong Beach$24K
- Shannon RushPleasanton$1.9M
- Babak BaravarianSanta Monica$1.1M
- Robert KleimanCalexico$913K
- Bruce LawrenceOceanside$810K
- David ArmstrongLos Angeles$695K
- Philip WrotslavskyPoway$269K
- Travis WestermeyerEncinitas$158K
- Adrienne EstesPomona$129K
- Ronald LiebermanEncinitas$109K
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.