Scott Hudzinski, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Louisville, KYNPI 1376033597
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (41.1%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Liberty Surgical Inc. at 29.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,416 and has fallen 64.9% since, to $1,200 in 2025.
Across 88 payments — averaging $91.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Liberty Surgical Inc.$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$902
- Johnson & Johnson$900
- Blue Surgical LLC$860
- Arthrex$355
- plus $828 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,13927%
- Food & beverage$3,30941%
- Education$2,60032%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Liberty Surgical Inc. | 2 | $2,400 |
| Stryker | 36 | $1,804 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $902 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $900 |
| Blue Surgical LLC | 4 | $860 |
| Arthrex | 5 | $355 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $261 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 5 | $155 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $136 |
| Convatec Inc. | 3 | $79 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $49 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Epsfl, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $22 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $21 |
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.
- ANCHORAGE$609
- VARIAX$499
- EASY CLIP$499
- HAMMERLOCK$235
- NA$222
- VA-LCP$222
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$136
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$136
- AMNIOEXCEL$136
- IDRT$136
- FLOWABLE$136
- Stratum Foot Plating System$131
- PROLAYER$129
- BIO4$129
- DYNACORD$119
- VALOR$116
- Fibulink$114
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$105
How this compares
$8,048 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 141 foot & ankle surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonium Lactate | 231 | $4,878 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 34 | $4,716 |
| Ketoconazole | 70 | $1,765 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 116 | $764 |
| Ciclopirox | 21 | $676 |
| Cephalexin | 98 | $406 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 22 | $83 |
| Mupirocin | 13 | $81 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 15 | $80 |
| Gabapentin | 38 | $79 |
| Meloxicam | 28 | $75 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 22 | $61 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Louisville
- Carl KihmLouisville$89K
- Nicholas LacoLouisville$60K
- Jay LechnerLouisville$29K
- William McGloneLouisville$26K
- Timothy FordLouisville$26K
- Garrett WiremanLouisville$26K
- Jonathan TowarnickiLouisville$22K
- Zachary OgdenLouisville$22K
- Eric GustafsonLouisville$20K
- Nicholas VogelsangLouisville$18K
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.