Walter Payne
Podiatrist · Louisville, KYNPI 1447815832
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (39.2%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alpha Orthopedic Systems at 24.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,320 and has fallen 79.8% since, to $873 in 2025.
Across 93 payments — averaging $106.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Evolution Surgical, Inc$1K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$948
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$857
- Smith+Nephew$564
- plus $2K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,71317%
- Food & beverage$3,89139%
- Education$3,60036%
- Other$7247%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 3 | $2,407 |
| Stryker | 28 | $2,223 |
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 3 | $1,246 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 10 | $948 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $857 |
| Smith+Nephew | 24 | $564 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $387 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $370 |
| Abbott | 1 | $240 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $235 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 3 | $184 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $98 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $17 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- STAR$814
- ACell$724
- Product Portfolio$538
- INTEGRA$400
- PROstep$397
- TrueLok$382
- KRYSTEXXA$370
- PROPHECY$272
- ESPRIT$240
- RENASYS TOUCH$159
- RENASYS GO$159
- PICO7$159
- Portfolio$137
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$133
- PRIMATRIX$133
- ASNIS$130
- Grafix$125
- GRAFIX PL$125
- Stravix$125
- HOFFMANN$110
How this compares
$9,927 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 27 | $81 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 13 | $61 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Louisville
- Thomas ChildressLouisville$283K
- Joshua CogerLouisville$132K
- Zachery WeyandtLouisville$37K
- Andrew BouwkampLouisville$19K
- Braxton RiderLouisville$10K
- Ryan SherryLouisville$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.