Lawrence Kales, DPM
Podiatrist · Hudson, FLNPI 1720084619
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 7 payments — averaging $15.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$29
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$19
- Amgen$17
- Bioventus LLC$16
- Merck$14
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$11
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$105100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$105 in reported general payments places this provider in the 10th percentile of 588 podiatrist providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 270 | $7,910 |
| Gabapentin | 95 | $1,318 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 178 | $1,060 |
| Celecoxib | 35 | $1,057 |
| Methylprednisolone | 136 | $1,034 |
| Ketoconazole | 77 | $1,024 |
| SsdSilver Sulfadiazine | 102 | $673 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 68 | $603 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 26 | $472 |
| Meloxicam | 182 | $400 |
| Mupirocin | 61 | $347 |
| Silver Sulfadiazine | 56 | $310 |
| Cephalexin | 25 | $235 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 51 | $177 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 20 | $148 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Hudson
- James CottomSarasota$1.9M
- Desmond BellJacksonville$365K
- Caroline KiserFleming Island$206K
- Adam PerlerLargo$160K
- Jeffrey KarrLakeland$101K
- Marie WilliamsAventura$96K
- Todd BrennanTampa$88K
- Robert HooverLake Mary$71K
- Daniel BrandweinPompano Beach$70K
- John TorregrosaMiami$64K
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.