Nicholas Adams, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Raleigh, NCNPI 1760793038
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 40 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.1%. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,244 and has fallen 89.8% since, to $435 in 2025.
Across 152 payments — averaging $83.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- In2bones USA, LLC$2K
- Southtech Orthopedics$1K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$1K
- Ossio Inc$1K
- Arthrex$1K
- plus $4K from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,50020%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,0008%
- Travel & lodging$1,91215%
- Food & beverage$6,05948%
- Education$1,20710%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 21 | $2,543 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 2 | $1,647 |
| Southtech Orthopedics | 2 | $1,223 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 9 | $1,215 |
| Ossio Inc | 2 | $1,120 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $1,000 |
| Nevro Corp. | 13 | $657 |
| Epsfl, LLC | 7 | $518 |
| Imbed Biosciences Inc. | 11 | $185 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 6 | $182 |
| Exsomed Corporation | 1 | $178 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 11 | $174 |
| Convatec Inc. | 3 | $169 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 5 | $168 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 5 | $164 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $148 |
| Forma Medical | 1 | $143 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 2 | $139 |
| Ortho Solutions Inc | 2 | $133 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $127 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $105 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $88 |
| Abbott | 4 | $88 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $69 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $57 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $50 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $42 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Vertex | 1 | $26 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $22 |
| Nextremity Solutions Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Orpyx Medical Technologies US Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 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.
- CoLink$1,647
- INFINITY$1,581
- Lapiplasty System$851
- Omnia$240
- PRO-DENSE$238
- CARTIVA$210
- AUGMENT$149
- BioBrace 23mm$148
- COLINK 2$148
- QUANTUM$148
- HERCULES SUTURE ANCHOR SYSTEM$148
- IN2BONES USA$148
- CoLag$147
- OptimalAkin$143
- Senza$129
How this compares
$12,678 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 196 foot & ankle surgery providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 50 | $1,185 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 39 | $643 |
| Gabapentin | 37 | $547 |
| Methylprednisolone | 39 | $193 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 24 | $168 |
| Meloxicam | 19 | $60 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Raleigh
- Dhagash PatelRaleigh$8K
- Brittany BrowerRaleigh$5K
- Robert OlsonGastonia$473K
- Austin MatthewsLumberton$279K
- Matthew DzurikWilmington$142K
- Kristen McGinnessFayetteville$123K
- William RespessGreenville$79K
- Brian FutrellCary$71K
- Kenneth BloomMooresville$53K
- Stephen HeislerChapel Hill$49K
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.