Robert Russell, DPM
Foot Surgery · Birmingham, ALNPI 1265420673
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,259 of the $6,853 with a category attached, or 76.7%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Organogenesis Inc. at 41.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,945 and has fallen 63.2% since, to $716 in 2025.
Across 163 payments — averaging $42.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Organogenesis Inc.$3K
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$871
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$842
- Amgen$279
- Convatec Inc.$254
- plus $788 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$861%
- Travel & lodging$1,50722%
- Food & beverage$5,25977%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Organogenesis Inc. | 34 | $2,813 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 67 | $1,006 |
| Stryker | 16 | $871 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 6 | $842 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 4 | $279 |
| Convatec Inc. | 4 | $254 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $210 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 4 | $107 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $99 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $63 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $44 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $32 |
| Mckesson Patient Care Solutions Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $20 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Apligraf$1,374
- KRYSTEXXA$247
- NUZYRA$233
- PuraPly$222
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$171
- SALVATION$167
- Grafix$122
- Grafix XC$122
- GRAFIX PL$122
- Stravix$122
- PURAPLY WOUND MATRIX$112
- InnovaMatrix AC$108
How this compares
$6,853 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 35 foot surgery providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Daptomycin | 16 | $2,483 |
| Piperacillin-TazobactamPiperacillin Sodium/Tazobactam | 12 | $764 |
| Cephalexin | 47 | $449 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 65 | $272 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 13 | $172 |
| Sodium Chloride0.9 % Sodium Chloride | 18 | $148 |
| Meloxicam | 41 | $142 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $99 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot surgery in Birmingham
- Richard HarrisBirmingham$6K
- Ronald AgeeBirmingham$2K
- Tameka LeeBirmingham$1K
- William CampbellBirmingham$1K
- Courtney WinstonBirmingham$170
- Brooke GorhamGadsden$211K
- Eric FillingerCullman$19K
- John VanoreGadsden$17K
- Jean PrattGadsden$8K
- James BowmanSylacauga$4K
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.