Thomas Childress
Podiatrist · Louisville, KYNPI 1013094978
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by ownership interests: $274,989 of the $283,198 with a category attached, or 97.1%. Paragon 28, Inc. accounts for 97.1% of it on its own, with 29 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $276,536 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $758 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in KY 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 164 payments — averaging $1726.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Paragon 28, Inc.$275K
- Stryker$1K
- Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC$1K
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$715
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$640
- plus $3K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,1460%
- Food & beverage$6,6082%
- Education$4550%
- Ownership interest$274,98997%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $274,989 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 14 | $1,299 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 3 | $1,257 |
| Smith+Nephew | 79 | $1,052 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 7 | $715 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 3 | $640 |
| Misonix Inc | 19 | $447 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $351 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $246 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $184 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $184 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $174 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $168 |
| Vertex | 2 | $144 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 3 | $141 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $133 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $128 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $109 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $108 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 4 | $90 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $52 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $39 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- INTEGRA$908
- Kerecis SurgiClose$585
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$303
- PRIMATRIX$303
- PROPHECY$271
- No Related Product$246
- GRAFIX PL$244
- Stravix$244
- Exogen$230
- ALLOGRAFT TISSUE$174
- BioBrace 23mm$174
- FRACTURE AND CORRECTION COLAG 2$174
- VARIAX$172
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$171
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$168
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$168
- ANCHORAGE$165
- ASNIS$165
- ORTHOLOC$150
- Kerecis GraftGuide$146
How this compares
$283,198 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 54 podiatrist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 265 | $3,179 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 155 | $1,275 |
| Ketoconazole | 51 | $1,074 |
| Cephalexin | 30 | $705 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 84 | $569 |
| Pregabalin | 33 | $411 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 22 | $339 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 48 | $327 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 15 | $184 |
| Meloxicam | 51 | $121 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Louisville
- Joshua CogerLouisville$132K
- Zachery WeyandtLouisville$37K
- Andrew BouwkampLouisville$19K
- Braxton RiderLouisville$10K
- Ryan SherryLouisville$10K
- Walter PayneLouisville$10K
- Karim AshamLouisville$7K
- Peter CunninghamLouisville$6K
- Jeffrey KriegelLouisville$570
- Chirag PatelLouisville$179
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.