Matthew Werd, DPM
Podiatrist · Lakeland, FLNPI 1811989833
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,636 of the $6,036 with a category attached, or 60.2%. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 41.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,803 and has fallen 87.9% since, to $339 in 2025.
Across 156 payments — averaging $38.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$2K
- Sandoz$680
- Stryker$595
- Triad Life Sciences Inc.$448
- Organogenesis Inc.$385
- Amgen$196
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,63660%
- Education$2,40040%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 9 | $2,497 |
| Sandoz | 59 | $680 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 16 | $595 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 3 | $448 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 11 | $385 |
| Amgen | 10 | $196 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $194 |
| Bioventus LLC | 8 | $135 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $124 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $109 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $105 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $68 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Coastal Medical Technologies LLC | 1 | $45 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $42 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $42 |
| Embody, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $26 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- InnovaMatrix AC$514
- GRAFIX PL$150
- STRAVIX PL$150
- PuraPly$117
How this compares
$6,036 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 62 | $473 |
| Cephalexin | 21 | $388 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $77 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Lakeland
- Jeffrey KarrLakeland$101K
- Gary DesinordLakeland$15K
- James CottomSarasota$1.8M
- Caroline KiserFleming Island$206K
- Adam PerlerLargo$160K
- Desmond BellJacksonville$125K
- Marie WilliamsAventura$96K
- Todd BrennanTampa$88K
- Robert HooverLake Mary$71K
- Daniel BrandweinPompano Beach$70K
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.