Maria Pacheco, DPM
Podiatrist · Hixson, TNNPI 1336481589
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alpha Orthopedic Systems at 59.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,411 and has fallen 93.0% since, to $99 in 2025.
Across 38 payments — averaging $58.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$1K
- Smith+Nephew$332
- Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC$136
- Zimvie Inc.$73
- Medtronic$46
- Kerecis Limited$39
- plus $262 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,01746%
- Education$1,20054%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 3 | $1,328 |
| Smith+Nephew | 15 | $332 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 1 | $136 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $46 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $39 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Amgen | 2 | $33 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $28 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Stryker | 1 | $26 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $24 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $21 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$2,217 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 72 | $2,549 |
| Ciclopirox | 70 | $1,967 |
| Mupirocin | 136 | $1,031 |
| Cephalexin | 83 | $292 |
| Methylprednisolone | 39 | $271 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 15 | $255 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 34 | $253 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 12 | $160 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $54 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Hixson
- Jeffrey LovelandSparta$809K
- Michael KingNashville$190K
- Penninah KumarMt Juliet$72K
- James HarrisTrenton$49K
- Matthew NeuhausSmyrna$33K
- Paul HutchisonMemphis$17K
- Sam BazrafshanChattanooga$16K
- Abshan MalikKnoxville$13K
- Christopher HendrixBartlett$13K
- Damieon BrownJasper$12K
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.