Richard Lind, DPM
Podiatrist · Charlotte, NCNPI 1699703363
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 175 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 38 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,325, 3.9 times the $593 reported in 2019. Among podiatrist clinicians in NC 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 175 payments — averaging $47.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$1K
- Amgen$968
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$964
- Smith+Nephew$798
- Koya Medical, Inc.$648
- Convatec Inc.$479
- plus $3K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,287100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 23 | $1,233 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 17 | $968 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 26 | $964 |
| Smith+Nephew | 18 | $798 |
| Koya Medical, Inc. | 2 | $648 |
| Convatec Inc. | 12 | $479 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 8 | $434 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $314 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $277 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 2 | $239 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 3 | $214 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $171 |
| Bioventus LLC | 8 | $166 |
| Globus Medical | 6 | $154 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $150 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $114 |
| Vertex | 1 | $98 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $96 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $69 |
| Epsfl, LLC | 1 | $59 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Abbott | 2 | $44 |
| Gilead | 2 | $36 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $33 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $22 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $17 |
| Axogen | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- NUZYRA$727
- KRYSTEXXA$723
- Dayspring Controller$648
- LEG GARMENT, DAYSPRING, STANDARD$648
- Arm Garmet, Dayspring, Medium$648
- LOWER LEG GARMENT, DAYSPRING$648
- TheraGenesis Wound Matrix$314
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$271
- EASY CLIP$269
- COLINK VALLUX$171
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$150
- PROstep$149
- BIO4$144
- Senza$139
- InnovaMatrix AC$136
- AQUACEL AG$125
- Versajet$125
- Santyl$120
- Lapiplasty System$110
How this compares
$8,287 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 109 podiatrist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naftifine Hcl | 11 | $4,863 |
| Ciclopirox | 42 | $1,264 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 52 | $513 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 27 | $204 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 20 | $198 |
| Naproxen | 19 | $101 |
| Cephalexin | 28 | $94 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Charlotte
- William WeilyCharlotte$11K
- Nicholas MillerCharlotte$4K
- Thomas WhitfieldCharlotte$3K
- Kinjal PatelCharlotte$3K
- Jordan MeyersRaleigh$343K
- Christopher GaulandGreenville$56K
- Scott MartinRocky Mount$14K
- Gretchen LawrenceForest City$12K
- Kristin KirbyHuntersville$10K
- Robert PrzynoschWaynesville$9K
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.