Natalie Chu
Foot Surgery · Tacoma, WANPI 1770522369
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 110 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 44.3% of the total.
Across 110 payments — averaging $31.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Medtronic$559
- Mimedx Group, Inc.$462
- Osiris Therapeutics Inc.$378
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$119
- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$85
- plus $358 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,518100%
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 | 36 | $1,557 |
| Medtronic | 36 | $559 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 9 | $462 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 5 | $378 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 6 | $119 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $85 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $63 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $60 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $49 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Next Science LLC | 3 | $34 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $22 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 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.
- Stravix$340
- GRAFIX PL$138
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$123
- Grafix PL PRIME$118
How this compares
Too few foot surgery providers in Washingtonto 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.
Other foot surgery in Tacoma
- Eddie LoTacoma$13K
- Chad FarleyLakewood$4K
- Abdulaziz KimawiFederal Way$4K
- David GriffinVancouver$2K
- Lyle LorimerSeattle$759
- Ronald DouglasSpokane$745
- Shawn SummersYakima$538
- Samuel LiebsonPort Angeles$319
- Chad SmithPuyallup$261
- Michael SherwinBellingham$151
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.