Kristin Kirby, DPM
Podiatrist · Huntersville, NCNPI 1578941423
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (35.5%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Peerless Surgical Inc. at 44.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,791 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $145 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in NC 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 101 payments — averaging $94.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$4K
- Arthrex$3K
- DNE LLC$694
- Smith+Nephew$297
- Johnson & Johnson$267
- Stryker$259
- plus $1K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,37135%
- Food & beverage$2,81929%
- Education$3,40235%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 15 | $4,242 |
| Arthrex | 16 | $2,519 |
| DNE LLC | 1 | $694 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $297 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $267 |
| Stryker | 5 | $259 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 5 | $235 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $194 |
| Bioventus LLC | 7 | $131 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $89 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $79 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| ERMI LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $35 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Amgen | 2 | $29 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $22 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $16 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $14 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- SEAL$694
- COLLAGENASE SANTYL$125
- ORTHOVISC$125
- VAPR$125
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$123
- NA$112
- NUZYRA$101
How this compares
$9,593 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 109 podiatrist providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 99 | $2,895 |
| Ketoconazole | 18 | $215 |
| Mupirocin | 19 | $176 |
| Silver Sulfadiazine | 28 | $165 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 19 | $147 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 11 | $127 |
| Methylprednisolone | 18 | $111 |
| SsdSilver Sulfadiazine | 18 | $64 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Huntersville
- G ShapiroHuntersville$4K
- Jordan MeyersRaleigh$343K
- Christopher GaulandGreenville$56K
- Scott MartinRocky Mount$14K
- Gretchen LawrenceForest City$12K
- William WeilyCharlotte$11K
- Robert PrzynoschWaynesville$9K
- William BanksWaynesville$9K
- Emily LobosAsheville$9K
- Richard LindCharlotte$8K
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.