Matthew Fernandez, DPM
Primary Podiatric Medicine · Charleston, SCNPI 1194259341
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,895 of the $5,360 with a category attached, or 72.7%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 47.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,811 and has fallen 87.8% since, to $344 in 2025.
Across 94 payments — averaging $57.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Organogenesis Inc.$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$126
- Bioventus LLC$71
- Johnson & Johnson$35
- AbbVie$34
- plus $129 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,46527%
- Food & beverage$3,89573%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 22 | $2,520 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 58 | $2,444 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $126 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $71 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $35 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $34 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Axogen | 1 | $19 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $15 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $13 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 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.
- Cadence$1,458
- SALTO TALARIS TOTAL ANKLE PROSTHESIS$1,458
- Integra XT$1,458
- Panta 2$672
- PuraPly$364
- Affinity$134
- TENOGLIDE$126
- NOVACHOR$125
- Apligraf$120
How this compares
Too few primary podiatric medicine providers in South Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonium Lactate | 52 | $1,321 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 24 | $325 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 23 | $136 |
| Cephalexin | 17 | $78 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $78 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other primary podiatric medicine in Charleston
- Robert EzewuiroLancaster$21K
- Subodh ChoudharyGreenville$9K
- Katlin O'HaraLancaster$6K
- Michael JordanSpartanburg$6K
- Constantine CanoutasGreenville$6K
- William MyersConway$4K
- Sarah SchipperGreenville$3K
- Nicholas VarakinGreenville$2K
- Bradley LindstromMauldin$2K
- Dwayne JacobusColumbia$559
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.