Naim Shaheed, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Lithonia, GANPI 1003918152
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 148 payments — averaging $23.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$718
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$449
- Smith+Nephew$359
- Nevro Corp.$183
- Stryker$170
- Zimmer Biomet$169
- plus $1K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,522100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 54 | $718 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 21 | $449 |
| Smith+Nephew | 10 | $359 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $183 |
| Stryker | 2 | $170 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $169 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $162 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 4 | $136 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $132 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $118 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 5 | $105 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $87 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $49 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $46 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $38 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $27 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Merck | 2 | $24 |
| Axogen | 1 | $24 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $21 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 1 | $20 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $20 |
| Progenacare Global, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Abbott | 1 | $15 |
| Normatec Industries, LP | 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.
- CANNULATED SCREWS$146
- Omnia$146
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$141
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$141
- EXPAREL$118
- HawkOne$117
- Santyl$103
- REGRANEX$103
- Oasis$103
How this compares
$3,522 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 239 foot & ankle surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 94 | $1,871 |
| Ciclopirox | 38 | $1,165 |
| Gabapentin | 113 | $950 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 22 | $716 |
| Nystatin | 58 | $628 |
| Ibuprofen | 60 | $257 |
| Mupirocin | 17 | $146 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | $119 |
| Cephalexin | 23 | $90 |
| Naproxen | 13 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Lithonia
- Javan BassLithonia$43K
- Jocelyn CurryLithonia$18K
- Robert WeinsteinFayetteville$394K
- Jason BariteauAtlanta$229K
- Scott RomanPeachtree City$118K
- Jeffrey FlashForest Park$114K
- Mickey StappThomson$110K
- David MurphyWaycross$55K
- Rishin KadakiaAtlanta$53K
- Bhavin MehtaAtlanta$43K
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.