Thomas Pokabla, DPM
Podiatrist · Erie, PANPI 1982641973
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 171 payments — averaging $23.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Organogenesis Inc.$551
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$305
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$236
- Amgen$185
- Bioventus LLC$182
- plus $939 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,945100%
- Education$170%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 78 | $1,562 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 22 | $551 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 14 | $305 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 4 | $236 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $185 |
| Bioventus LLC | 10 | $182 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $178 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $124 |
| Misonix Inc | 4 | $102 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $87 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 5 | $71 |
| Stryker | 4 | $68 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $60 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $48 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Vertex | 2 | $29 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- STRAVIX PL$135
- GRAFIX PL$129
- Oasis$129
- PURAPLY WOUND MATRIX$116
- Affinity$116
- Apligraf$116
- KRYSTEXXA$110
How this compares
$3,962 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 445 podiatrist providers in Pennsylvania.
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 | 12 | $301 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $203 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 22 | $170 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 15 | $75 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Erie
- Amir Alikhani-KoopaeiErie$12K
- Wanna Jean MaryErie$10K
- Morgan GalloErie$8K
- Mark HofbauerBelle Vernon$1.1M
- Daniel PerezPhiladelphia$434K
- Christopher BarrettChester$229K
- Alan CatanzaritiPittsburgh$80K
- John StarinskiPen Argyl$74K
- Kwasi KwaaduPhiladelphia$65K
- Luke CicchinelliPhiladelphia$62K
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.