Matthew Buchanan, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1326044298
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.7%), royalties or licence payments and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Novastep Inc. accounts for 80.2% of it on its own, with 26 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 60 payments — averaging $280.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novastep Inc.$14K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$737
- Arthrex$730
- Exactech, Inc.$322
- Merete Technologies, Inc$167
- Globus Medical$152
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$5,40232%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,3008%
- Travel & lodging$7,69446%
- Food & beverage$2,44715%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novastep Inc. | 8 | $13,501 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 3 | $737 |
| Arthrex | 8 | $730 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 5 | $322 |
| Merete Technologies, Inc | 2 | $167 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $152 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 1 | $144 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $139 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $139 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $133 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 5 | $126 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $76 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $72 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $57 |
| Stryker | 1 | $47 |
| Amgen | 2 | $47 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $32 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $30 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $17 |
| Vertex | 1 | $16 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $13 |
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.
- CENTROLOCK MIS Bunion Correction$6,544
- ARCAD$5,235
- NEXIS$1,300
- VANTAGE$236
- PECA Bunion Correction System$168
- Pulse$152
- Quantum Total Ankle$144
- PECAPLASTY$138
- AccelStim$113
How this compares
$16,842 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 145 foot and ankle surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 31 | $209 |
| Gabapentin | 13 | $121 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Chattanooga
- Claude WamackChattanooga$12K
- Sebastien DemoinyMorristown$210K
- Robert ThompsonMurfreesboro$205K
- Bhekumuzi KhumaloUnion City$201K
- Walter ButlerMemphis$191K
- Chad WebsterCordova$185K
- Christian SmithCordova$153K
- Frank OgnibeneMemphis$148K
- Garnett MurphyGermantown$130K
- Clayton BettinMemphis$89K
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.