Phuoc Bui, DPM
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Minden, LANPI 1023547957
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (52.4%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 55.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,034 and has fallen 64.2% since, to $1,444 in 2025. Among foot and ankle surgery clinicians in LA 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 117 payments — averaging $125.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$8K
- Arthrex$1K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$1K
- Midsouth Orthopedics Inc.$1K
- Smith+Nephew$841
- Bioness Inc$718
- plus $793 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,70652%
- Food & beverage$3,82626%
- Education$3,17022%
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 | 56 | $8,220 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $1,496 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 8 | $1,392 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 2 | $1,241 |
| Smith+Nephew | 14 | $841 |
| Bioness Inc | 1 | $718 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 9 | $133 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $99 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $97 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $78 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 4 | $69 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $51 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 3 | $39 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $26 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $22 |
| Biowound Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $20 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, 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.
- PROstep$2,691
- PRIME SERIES$1,232
- PROPHECY$1,063
- INFINITY$909
- HOFFMANN$906
- Stimrouter for pain$718
- Stravix$610
- Grafix$393
- GRAFIX PL$346
- Grafix XC$243
- PROSTEP MICA$175
- SALVATION$165
- Oasis$150
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$141
- Grafix PL PRIME$114
- SkinTE$101
How this compares
$14,702 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 92 foot and ankle surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 61 | $430 |
| Ciclopirox | 18 | $364 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 14 | $300 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 22 | $150 |
| Cephalexin | 31 | $135 |
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $116 |
| Ibuprofen | 27 | $84 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $49 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Minden
- Brian BensonLeesville$278K
- Meredith WarnerBaton Rouge$232K
- Tyson GreenLake Charles$203K
- Bryon McKennaThibodaux$131K
- Mohamad IssaNew Orleans$24K
- Leon WatkinsMetairie$18K
- Henrique HilarioShreveport$14K
- Beau WillisMetairie$13K
- Nimish ChokshiMetairie$12K
- Eric SwensonThibodaux$12K
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.