Scott Whitlow, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Reno, NVNPI 1336371400
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (31.5%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 59.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $12,412, 9.8 times the $1,273 reported in 2019.
Across 161 payments — averaging $177.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$17K
- Arthrex$5K
- Sequoia Surgical, Inc.$3K
- Goode Surgical Inc$1K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$962
- Exactech, Inc.$416
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,97031%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,0007%
- Travel & lodging$8,11028%
- Food & beverage$7,59827%
- Education$1,8226%
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(2 entities) | 85 | $17,085 |
| Arthrex | 25 | $4,620 |
| Sequoia Surgical, Inc. | 11 | $2,616 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 6 | $1,109 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 7 | $962 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 5 | $416 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $219 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 3 | $182 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $176 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $169 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $140 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $110 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $98 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $63 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- PROstep$11,367
- PRIME SERIES$1,194
- Lapiplasty System$839
- STAR$626
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$331
- VANTAGE$312
- PROSTEP MICA$254
- EASYFUSE$169
- VersaWrap$169
- Physio-Stim$164
- PROPHECY$147
- PERMEADERM$140
- RECELL$140
- Cohealyx$140
- MAKO$138
- HOFFMANN$136
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$135
- CERAMENT G$135
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS HINDFOOT & ANKLE ACHILLES$135
- NEOX$133
How this compares
$28,500 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 84 foot and ankle surgery providers in Nevada.
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 Hcl | 97 | $649 |
| Meloxicam | 242 | $573 |
| Gabapentin | 125 | $307 |
| Hydroxyzine Pamoate | 97 | $219 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 20 | $198 |
| Celecoxib | 23 | $162 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 36 | $125 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $125 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Reno
- Gregory LundeenReno$301K
- Michael AraminiReno$60K
- Austin HallReno$17K
- Spenser CassinelliReno$11K
- Franklin NebekerReno$5K
- David EllisReno$3K
- Michael KresslerReno$2K
- Jeffrey TucciReno$1K
- Troy WatsonLas Vegas$1.2M
- Roman SibelHenderson$309K
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.