Russl Altabtabaee, DPM
Podiatrist · Worcester, MANPI 1528633096
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 33 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 24.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,471 and has fallen 98.3% since, to $25 in 2025.
Across 33 payments — averaging $72.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$587
- Davol Inc.$280
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$261
- Amgen$250
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$166
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$143
- plus $708 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,396100%
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 | 8 | $587 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $280 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 4 | $261 |
| Amgen | 2 | $250 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 3 | $166 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $143 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $123 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $110 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Vilex LLC | 1 | $97 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $87 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $62 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $40 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- PROPHECY$281
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$280
- KRYSTEXXA$250
- INTEGRA$143
- RECELL$123
- Lapiplasty System$115
- Puraply Antimicrobial$102
How this compares
$2,396 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 179 podiatrist providers in Massachusetts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 15 | $102 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Worcester
- Yerusalem LanierWorcester$6K
- Jacob BollingWorcester$3K
- Kai JiangWorcester$3K
- Matthew MonetteWorcester$2K
- John GeorgeWorcester$2K
- Paul CournoyerWorcester$1K
- Pasquale CancelliereSomerville$374K
- Michael TheodoulouSomerville$210K
- Sara Rose-SauldWaltham$92K
- Jonathan KaplanWellesley$56K
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.