Podiatric Assistant
Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Service Providers › Assistant, Podiatric
About this specialty
An individual who assists a podiatrist in tasks, such as exposing and developing x-rays; taking and recording patient histories; assisting in biomechanical evaluations and negative castings; preparing and sterilizing instruments and equipment; providing the patient with postoperative instructions; applying surgical dressings; preparing the patient for treatment, padding, and strapping; and performing routine office procedures.
Source: (1) Lexikon: Dictionary of Health Care Terms, Organizations and Acronyms for the Era of Reform, The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois: 1994, p. 622.
Highest Medicare-paid providers
| Provider | Location | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|
| STEPHEN BOYKINS, DPM | DOWNEY, CA | $1,255,022 |
| GAVIN GLOVER, DPM | TUCSON, AZ | $62,759 |
Ranked by total Medicare payments — a measure of billing volume, not care quality.
Taxonomy definitions from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (public domain). Provider counts derived from NPPES; payment figures from CMS Medicare data. Not affiliated with CMS, NPPES, NUCC, or any government agency.