Melissa Prutch, DPM
Podiatrist · Lutz, FLNPI 1164153706
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (46.2%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 42.4% of the total. Among podiatrist clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 80 payments — averaging $103.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$1K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$877
- Stryker$653
- Kerecis Limited$352
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$326
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,04225%
- Food & beverage$3,80846%
- Education$2,40029%
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 | 19 | $3,499 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 8 | $1,080 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 2 | $877 |
| Stryker | 18 | $653 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $352 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $326 |
| Coastal Medical Technologies LLC | 5 | $299 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 4 | $235 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $195 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 3 | $162 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $124 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $105 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $104 |
| Convatec Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $51 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $33 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Surgenex LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$1,164
- INTEGRA$978
- Portfolio$395
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$326
- PRIMATRIX$326
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$291
- CITREFIX$179
- PHANTOM Hindfoot$150
- Ankle Fracture$142
- Additive Orthopedics$138
- PREVENA$124
- V.A.C. VERAFLO CLEANSE CHOICE$124
- AccuFill$105
- Zenith Spiral-Z$104
How this compares
$8,250 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 11 | $424 |
| Methylprednisolone | 20 | $112 |
| Gabapentin | 32 | $82 |
| Meloxicam | 13 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Lutz
- James CottomSarasota$1.8M
- Caroline KiserFleming Island$206K
- Adam PerlerLargo$160K
- Desmond BellJacksonville$125K
- 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.