Smitha Mantha, DPM
Podiatrist · Houston, TXNPI 1689808479
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 23 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 15 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2023 is the largest year on record at $557, more than ten times the $50 reported in 2020. That places this record below the midpoint for podiatrist clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $1,991.
Across 23 payments — averaging $59.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$282
- Davol Inc.$239
- Organogenesis Inc.$158
- Corium, LLC$122
- Bioventus LLC$120
- Trilliant Surgical LLC.$102
- plus $348 from 9 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $4003.26 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$68K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,370100%
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 | 4 | $282 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $239 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $158 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $120 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $102 |
| Vaporox, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $72 |
| Abbott | 3 | $61 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $26 |
| Novastep Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
How this compares
$1,370 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 470 podiatrist providers in Texas.
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 | 72 | $1,950 |
| Clotrimazole | 65 | $531 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $149 |
| Mupirocin | 20 | $139 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $93 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Houston
- Gary LepowHouston$1M
- Andrew SchneiderHouston$150K
- Randall BeckmanHouston$103K
- Jason ArmstrongHouston$91K
- Jerry MilesHouston$58K
- Tina OliverHouston$42K
- Lawrence MactavishHouston$41K
- Roberto de Los SantosHouston$33K
- Randal LepowHouston$33K
- Ava WashkoHouston$19K
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.