Rory Panepinto, MD
Podiatrist · Metairie, LANPI 1427003284
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,658 of the $11,881 with a category attached, or 64.5%. 40 manufacturers reported payments, led by Anika Therapeutics, Inc. at 26.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,313 and has fallen 61.2% since, to $1,672 in 2025. Among podiatrist 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 302 payments — averaging $39.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$3K
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Vilex LLC$1K
- Amgen$830
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$607
- Stryker$489
- plus $4K from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,00017%
- Travel & lodging$2,21319%
- Food & beverage$7,65864%
- Education$100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $3,196 |
| Smith+Nephew | 67 | $1,372 |
| Vilex LLC | 9 | $1,094 |
| Amgen | 78 | $830 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 29 | $607 |
| Stryker | 10 | $489 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 14 | $489 |
| International Life Sciences | 2 | $413 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $327 |
| Advanced Medical Administration | 1 | $228 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $226 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $219 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 8 | $211 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 4 | $188 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 14 | $173 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $160 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $140 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $138 |
| Nextremity Solutions Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $127 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $124 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 5 | $79 |
| Biopoly LLC | 1 | $76 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 2 | $71 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $66 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $60 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Merck | 4 | $57 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $31 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 1 | $22 |
| Vertex | 1 | $18 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $14 |
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.
- HemiCAP$2,777
- HINTERMANN$822
- TACTOSET$419
- Stravix$359
- FLEXBAND$330
- CellerateRx$327
- Grafix$233
- GrafixPL$233
- AmnioGraft$228
- LUTONIX$150
- Qutenza$146
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$143
- CERAMENT G$143
- Arsenal$140
- STAR$136
- GRAFIX PL$125
- COLLAGENASE SANTYL$125
- PICO$125
- Renasys$125
- KRYSTEXXA$125
How this compares
$11,881 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 68 podiatrist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ketoconazole | 228 | $5,442 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 89 | $1,063 |
| Colchicine | 23 | $846 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 13 | $798 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 69 | $660 |
| Cephalexin | 54 | $439 |
| Fluconazole | 13 | $405 |
| Gabapentin | 24 | $390 |
| Ibuprofen | 45 | $332 |
| Amoxicillin | 58 | $312 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 27 | $225 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 15 | $156 |
| Levofloxacin | 34 | $139 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $101 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 24 | $99 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Metairie
- John CarradineMetairie$11K
- Robert MarroquinMetairie$9K
- Danielle RichardMetairie$7K
- Amber PoirotMetairie$3K
- Dorothy FulmerMetairie$1K
- Rene HymelMetairie$1K
- Diamond BrownMetairie$939
- Cynthia BhattiMetairie$325
- Brian SchmidtMetairie$165
- Celia StoreyMetairie$121
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.