Ryan Fitzgerald, DPM
Podiatrist · Canton, GANPI 1760649602
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.7%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novastep Inc. at 40.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $13,762 and has fallen 57.5% since, to $5,854 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 216 payments — averaging $199.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novastep Inc.$18K
- Stryker$9K
- Organogenesis Inc.$9K
- Kerecis Limited$6K
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$1K
- Smith+Nephew$346
- plus $1K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,25045%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,92621%
- Travel & lodging$9,37422%
- Food & beverage$5,46613%
- Education$80%
- Gifts$360%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novastep Inc. | 16 | $17,530 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 65 | $8,594 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 15 | $8,502 |
| Kerecis Limited | 8 | $5,817 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $1,000 |
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $346 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 54 | $305 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 3 | $164 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 9 | $139 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 1 | $82 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $70 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $37 |
| ETS Wound Care LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $30 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $24 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $22 |
| Extremity Medical | 1 | $22 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $16 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $12 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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.
- CENTROLOCK MIS Bunion Correction$11,372
- Apligraf$7,554
- Dermagraft$7,554
- Puraply/Affinity/NuTech$7,554
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$6,579
- PROstep$5,458
- PECA Bunion Correction System$3,881
- Kerecis Omega3 Wound$3,529
- PROSTEP MICA$2,874
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$2,478
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$2,478
- CREED Ortholocent Implants$2,057
- MagnetOs$1,000
- PuraPly$800
- INFINITY$604
- INBONE$531
- Kerecis Omega3 Surgibind$285
- Stravix$148
- PROPHECY$108
- MICA$103
How this compares
$43,061 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 177 podiatrist providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 177 | $4,211 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 40 | $1,008 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 77 | $990 |
| Gabapentin | 73 | $875 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 26 | $609 |
| Ketoconazole | 20 | $552 |
| Pregabalin | 15 | $344 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 35 | $300 |
| Mupirocin | 29 | $203 |
| Meloxicam | 46 | $102 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Canton
- Evan LewisCanton$4K
- Allen RaphaelSmyrna$324K
- Ira KrausFort Oglethorpe$223K
- Stephen BarrettMarietta$82K
- Mohammad SharifAtlanta$79K
- Craig CamastaAtlanta$49K
- Margo JimenezAtlanta$19K
- Samantha MinerSmyrna$17K
- Robson SpinolaJesup$15K
- Christopher CorwinJohns Creek$15K
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.