Faranak Pourghasemi, DPM

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Original Medicare doctor bills

$208,859

Medicare paid this office $208,859 for 261 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

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Largest Original Medicare bills

Short return visit (20+ min)	219	$68,324	$77
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, first nail	157	$42,098	$101
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	211	$25,852	$40
Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	25	$14,187	$114
Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less	68	$12,697	$93

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Every Original Medicare service billed

Short return visit (20+ min)	219	$68,324	$77
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, first nail	157	$42,098	$101
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	211	$25,852	$40
Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	25	$14,187	$114
Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less	68	$12,697	$93
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, each additional nail	114	$6,873	$30
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths	65	$6,173	$58
New patient visit (30+ min)	44	$4,162	$95
Return visit (30+ min)	17	$2,801	$104
Residence visit for established patient with low level of medical decision making, per day at least 30 minutes	20	$2,126	$61
Placement of strapping to ankle or foot	43	$1,723	$25

Procedures Medicare counted

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Procedure volume Medicare published

Removal of nail tissue	1377	More than 94% of doctors who do this
Removal of skin lesions	12	More than 59% of doctors who do this
Removal of tissue	248	More than 93% of doctors who do this
Removal or shaving of skin growth	186	More than 89% of doctors who do this

Who their Medicare patients are

261 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 82 · 85 and older 42% · Women 64% · Also on Medicaid 51% · Health risk score 1.87. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical podiatry clinician is at 1.55.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 51% · Coronary heart disease 51% · Atrial fibrillation 30% · Chronic kidney disease 26% · Dementia 22% · Heart failure 21% · Depression 20% · Cancer 15% · Stroke 13% · COPD 10%.

The office billed $417,743, Medicare allowed $273,080 and paid $208,859; for 2,879 services of 42 kinds.

Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.

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Original Medicare by year

2024	261	2,879	82	1.87	$417,743	$208,859
2023	278	3,976	81	1.62	$1,490,561	$1,063,079
2022	259	3,560	81	1.66	$955,045	$641,928
2021	307	3,684	81	1.54	$407,996	$269,792
2020	277	6,962	81	1.53	$606,816	$366,856
2019	284	3,179	80	1.67	$352,007	$208,591
2018	298	3,085	80	1.67	$301,300	$177,143
2017	251	2,882	81	1.62	$297,600	$167,513
2016	264	2,339	80	1.57	$228,211	$126,388
2015	275	2,403	80	1.52	$223,215	$132,058
2014	300	2,567	79	1.50	$236,878	$143,146
2013	278	2,516	80	1.60	$226,524	$133,503

Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.

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2023: 11 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2023

Short return visit (20+ min)	219	$79,703	$84
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, first nail	156	$43,177	$113
Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less	122	$30,401	$104
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	224	$30,178	$43
Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	24	$10,384	$113
New patient visit (30+ min)	67	$6,497	$97
Return visit (30+ min)	15	$4,526	$119
Residence visit for established patient with low level of medical decision making, per day at least 30 minutes	30	$4,181	$64
Placement of strapping to ankle or foot	63	$3,233	$23
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, each additional nail	40	$2,094	$33
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths	26	$1,923	$66

2022: 11 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2022

Short return visit (20+ min)	195	$67,441	$85
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, first nail	144	$40,668	$112
Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less	110	$32,286	$104
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	213	$27,541	$43
Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	26	$8,324	$111
Established patient custodial care facility, group care, or assisted living visit, typically 25 minutes	36	$6,726	$83
Removal of muscle and/or tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	12	$6,576	$205
New patient visit (30+ min)	49	$4,682	$96
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, each additional nail	72	$3,930	$34
Return visit (30+ min)	11	$3,900	$111
Placement of strapping to ankle or foot	49	$2,583	$23

2021: 12 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2021

Short return visit (20+ min)	219	$70,643	$77
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, first nail	163	$43,911	$114
Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less	130	$33,869	$104
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	240	$30,700	$43
Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	36	$18,206	$117
Removal of muscle and/or tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	17	$17,214	$230
Established patient custodial care facility, group care, or assisted living visit, typically 25 minutes	54	$11,416	$75
New patient visit (30+ min)	63	$6,167	$98
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, each additional nail	92	$4,965	$34
Placement of strapping to ankle or foot	80	$3,377	$22
Return visit (30+ min)	14	$3,354	$99
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths	39	$2,652	$49

2020: 13 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2020

Short return visit (20+ min)	209	$55,329	$65
Removal of muscle and/or tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	16	$39,691	$216
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, first nail	125	$27,806	$101
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	226	$24,238	$42
Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less	82	$16,178	$93
Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	33	$15,866	$84
Return visit (30+ min)	21	$12,447	$90
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths	113	$6,891	$43
New patient visit (30+ min)	59	$5,169	$88
Established patient custodial care facility, group care, or assisted living visit, typically 25 minutes	35	$4,574	$70
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, each additional nail	68	$3,170	$32
Placement of strapping to ankle or foot	58	$2,664	$22
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, more than 4 growths	29	$2,206	$57

2019: 13 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2019

Short return visit (20+ min)	230	$56,427	$64
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, first nail	125	$28,359	$100
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	214	$27,474	$42
Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less	73	$16,316	$86
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths	128	$11,641	$44
Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	19	$7,689	$80
Return visit (30+ min)	27	$7,079	$90
Established patient custodial care facility, group care, or assisted living visit, typically 25 minutes	30	$5,634	$76
Placement of strapping to ankle or foot	107	$4,613	$20
New patient visit (30+ min)	46	$4,403	$96
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, each additional nail	51	$2,018	$31
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, more than 4 growths	17	$1,849	$58
Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg	14	$92	None

2018: 16 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2018

Short return visit (20+ min)	221	$54,063	$62
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	215	$25,866	$41
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, first nail	111	$24,569	$93
Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less	65	$14,212	$75
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths	137	$13,893	$46
Removal of muscle and/or tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	12	$7,000	$194
New patient visit (30+ min)	75	$6,442	$86
Placement of strapping to ankle or foot	114	$4,716	$19
Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day 20 minutes or more	39	$4,588	$53
Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	18	$4,515	$98
Return visit (30+ min)	22	$3,214	$92
Established patient custodial care facility, group care, or assisted living visit, typically 25 minutes	20	$1,542	$73
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, each additional nail	37	$1,443	$29
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	36	$1,423	$19
Simple or single drainage of skin abscess	11	$692	$58
Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg	11	$72	None

2017: 11 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2017

Short return visit (20+ min)	184	$50,668	$63
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	175	$24,407	$40
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, first nail	89	$19,931	$94
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths	126	$13,797	$48
Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less	42	$7,065	$73
Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day 20 minutes or more	39	$6,704	$53
Return visit (30+ min)	27	$5,739	$93
Placement of strapping to ankle or foot	100	$4,951	$19
New patient visit (30+ min)	41	$3,486	$85
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	38	$2,060	$19
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, more than 4 growths	14	$1,030	$49

2016: 13 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2016

Short return visit (20+ min)	179	$33,718	$62
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	178	$21,834	$41
Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	69	$15,940	$108
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, first nail	56	$7,807	$88
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, more than 4 growths	87	$7,362	$53
Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day 20 minutes or more	46	$7,226	$50
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths	86	$6,631	$45
Return visit (30+ min)	47	$5,214	$83
New patient visit (30+ min)	47	$4,012	$85
Placement of strapping to ankle or foot	98	$3,442	$19
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	51	$2,721	$18
Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less	13	$1,601	$73
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 1 growth	16	$606	$38

2015: 17 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2015

Short return visit (20+ min)	192	$40,532	$65
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	186	$22,017	$42
Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	51	$10,057	$112
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths	107	$9,987	$50
Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day 20 minutes or more	50	$9,133	$60
Return visit (30+ min)	53	$7,168	$90
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, first nail	54	$6,559	$85
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, more than 4 growths	55	$4,559	$58
Placement of strapping to ankle or foot	106	$3,817	$19
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	51	$3,272	$21
Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less	14	$3,236	$75
New patient visit (30+ min)	31	$2,793	$90
New patient visit (45+ min)	16	$2,268	$142
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 1 growth	33	$1,569	$40
Injection into tendon or ligament	11	$470	$43
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 1-5 nails	11	$375	$31
Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg	17	$83	None

2014: 13 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2014

Short return visit (20+ min)	205	$48,589	$67
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	212	$26,143	$42
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths	130	$14,401	$51
Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day 20 minutes or more	55	$9,687	$59
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, first nail	52	$7,137	$93
Placement of strapping to ankle or foot	112	$6,491	$31
Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	36	$6,360	$92
New patient visit (30+ min)	54	$4,953	$92
New patient visit (45+ min)	29	$4,296	$148
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	55	$3,395	$21
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, more than 4 growths	30	$2,547	$55
Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less	16	$2,032	$75
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 1 growth	11	$400	$36

2013: 15 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2013

Short return visit (20+ min)	224	$47,798	$64
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	203	$25,497	$42
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths	123	$14,680	$51
Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day 20 minutes or more	51	$8,732	$59
Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, first nail	42	$6,864	$90
Placement of strapping to ankle or foot	80	$5,679	$31
Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	32	$3,811	$87
New patient visit (30+ min)	37	$3,166	$86
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails	53	$3,010	$20
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, more than 4 growths	16	$1,531	$64
Return visit (30+ min)	15	$1,480	$92
Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less	15	$1,433	$72
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths	24	$700	$18
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 1-5 nails	11	$346	$29
Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg	13	$116	None

Medicaid work

$32 in 2024

Medicaid paid $32 for 28 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 14 people in a month for one service.

Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.

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Largest Medicaid services in 2024

Short return visit (20+ min)	28	$32

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Medicaid work by year

2024	28	1	14	$32
2023	88	2	15	$324
2021	76	3	16	$169

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Largest Medicaid services in 2023

Debridement of nail(s) by any method(s); 6 or more	28	$207
Short return visit (20+ min)	60	$117

2021

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Largest Medicaid services in 2021

Short return visit (20+ min)	49	$101
Debridement of nail(s) by any method(s); 6 or more	15	$68
REMOVAL OF NAIL PLATE	12	$0

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$2,829

Pharmacies billed $2,829 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

80 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $2,829 in drug cost · 11 antibiotic prescriptions.

Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.

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Largest Part D drug costs

Clotrimazole	11	$377	$34
Gabapentin	12	$42	$3

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	80	43	None	0%	$2,829
2023	94	36	None	0%	$2,703
2022	65	23	None	None	$2,279
2021	92	39	None	None	$4,651
2020	90	39	None	None	$4,012
2019	95	34	None	12%	$13,587
2018	77	39	None	None	$6,187
2017	97	45	None	18%	$18,524
2016	107	51	None	20%	$14,110
2015	97	34	None	13%	$7,164
2014	107	51	None	10%	$4,544
2013	105	58	None	None	$6,825

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

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2023: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2023

Clotrimazole	34	$984	$29

2022: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2022

Clotrimazole	15	$285	$19

2021: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2021

Clotrimazole	14	$584	$42
Mupirocin	19	$153	$8
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass	12	$144	$12

2020: 2 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2020

Clotrimazole	13	$513	$39
Mupirocin	26	$222	$9

2019: 2 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2019

Clotrimazole	13	$509	$39
Gabapentin	11	$154	$14

2018: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2018

Gabapentin	19	$211	$11

2017: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2017

Ketoconazole	21	$1,841	$88

2016: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2016

Ketoconazole	36	$2,599	$72

2015: 2 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2015

Ketoconazole	29	$2,018	$70
Gabapentin	14	$78	$6

2014: 2 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2014

Ketoconazole	36	$1,347	$37
Mupirocin	14	$149	$11

2013: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2013

Ketoconazole	28	$858	$31
Gabapentin	20	$272	$14
Mupirocin	12	$157	$13

Money from drug and device companies

$16 in 2025

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Industry payments by year

2025	1	1	None	$16
2024	3	3	None	$175
2023	3	5	None	$101
2022	3	4	None	$241
2021	3	7	None	$357
2020	2	3	None	$150
2019	3	7	None	$313

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

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Payments by company

Urgo Medical North America	Urgok2	$16	1 payment Meals for Urgok2 · 2025-07-14 · $16

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Every published payment

Urgo Medical North America	Meals · 2025-07-14	Urgok2	$16

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2024: $175

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Payments by company in 2024

Tactile Systems Technology	Flexitouch Plus	$136	1 payment Meals for Flexitouch Plus · 2024-05-23 · $136
Paragon 28	Mini Monster	$27	1 payment Meals for Mini Monster · 2024-04-11 · $27
Advanced Oxygen Therapy	Topical Oxygen Chamber for Extremities	$12	1 payment Meals for Topical Oxygen Chamber for Extremities · 2024-05-07 · $12

2023: $101

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Payments by company in 2023

Tactile Systems Technology	Flexitouch Plus	$51	3 payments Meals for Flexitouch Plus · 2023-11-15 · $16 Meals for Flexitouch Plus · 2023-06-02 · $18 Meals for Flexitouch Plus · 2023-03-08 · $18
PolyMedics Innovations	None	$30	1 payment Meals · 2023-10-30 · $30
Ortho Dermatologics a division of Bausch Health US	Jublia	$20	1 payment Meals for Jublia · 2023-04-19 · $20

2022: $241

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Payments by company in 2022

Access Pro Medical	Matriderm	$112	1 payment Meals for Matriderm · 2022-09-01 · $112
Horizon Therapeutics plc	Krystexxa	$93	1 payment Meals for Krystexxa · 2022-07-14 · $93
Tactile Systems Technology	Flexitouch Plus	$36	2 payments Meals for Flexitouch Plus · 2022-04-29 · $22 Meals for Flexitouch Plus · 2022-03-30 · $14

2021: $357

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Payments by company in 2021

Horizon Therapeutics plc	Krystexxa	$149	2 payments Meals for Krystexxa · 2021-12-10 · $24 Meals for Krystexxa · 2021-10-19 · $125
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation	None	$110	4 payments Meals · 2021-03-10 · $27 Meals · 2021-03-03 · $27 Meals · 2021-02-10 · $27 Meals · 2021-01-06 · $27
Ortho Dermatologics a division of Bausch Health US	Jublia	$98	1 payment Meals for Jublia · 2021-11-04 · $98

2020: $150

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Payments by company in 2020

Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation	None	$137	2 payments Meals · 2020-08-19 · $86 Meals · 2020-07-08 · $51
Smith+Nephew	Santyl	$13	1 payment Meals for Santyl · 2020-06-26 · $13

2019: $313

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Payments by company in 2019

Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation	None	$281	5 payments Meals · 2019-04-23 · $14 Meals · 2019-04-01 · $26 Meals · 2019-02-06 · $111 Meals · 2019-02-06 · $19 Meals · 2019-01-02 · $111
Dynasplint Systems	Dynasplint	$20	1 payment Meals for Dynasplint · 2019-02-22 · $20
Smith+Nephew	Grafix	$12	1 payment Meals for Grafix · 2019-12-30 · $12

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

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Professional record

NPI: 1598739120
Licence: CA E4658
Trained: California School of Podiatric Medicine, 2002
Gender: Female

More record details

Sole proprietor: No
Taxonomy: Federal specialty code 213ES0103X (213ES0103X)
Mailing address: 18817 Martha Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070
NPI first listed: 2006-02-13
NPI last updated: 2011-07-13

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.