Robert Appling
Foot Surgery · Southaven, MSNPI 1033432521
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,561 of the $3,872 with a category attached, or 66.1%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions at 31.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,855 and has fallen 83.7% since, to $302 in 2025.
Across 90 payments — averaging $43.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions$1K
- Organogenesis Inc.$809
- Smith+Nephew$594
- Nevro Corp.$546
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$156
- Convatec Inc.$136
- plus $431 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1113%
- Food & beverage$2,56166%
- Education$1,20031%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions | 1 | $1,200 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 32 | $809 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $594 |
| Nevro Corp. | 7 | $546 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 21 | $156 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $75 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 1 | $45 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 3 | $38 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 2 | $31 |
| Amgen | 1 | $29 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Hypermed Imaging Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $12 |
| KCI USA, 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.
- Omnia$317
- GRAFIX PL$275
- AQUACEL AG$136
- Stravix$134
- PuraPly$115
- TMC PSI CUT GUIDE SYSTEM$114
- Apligraf$111
- Dermagraft$111
- Puraply/Affinity/NuTech$111
How this compares
Too few foot surgery providers in Mississippito 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 102 | $925 |
| Ketoconazole | 72 | $785 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 53 | $711 |
| Methylprednisolone | 102 | $590 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 146 | $422 |
| Cephalexin | 83 | $298 |
| Silver Sulfadiazine | 50 | $281 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 43 | $213 |
| Celecoxib | 28 | $178 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 18 | $174 |
| SsdSilver Sulfadiazine | 25 | $159 |
| Amoxicillin | 26 | $41 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $34 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot surgery in Southaven
- Robert WenzlerSouthaven$1K
- Charles CaplisOcean Springs$9K
- Vern ChristensenAmory$5K
- Mary CookBiloxi$2K
- Robert HurstCorinth$1K
- Renita ShawWiggins$761
- Jeffrey BenzingBay St Louis$550
- Michael de MarcoPoplarville$405
- Lawrence TamburinoBrandon$295
- Vanessa MirasolBiloxi$128
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.