Alexis Smith, MD
Pediatric Surgery · Augusta, GANPI 1093974974
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 11 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Teleflex LLC at 30.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $430 and has fallen 94.1% since, to $25 in 2025.
Across 11 payments — averaging $78.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Teleflex LLC$263
- Zimmer Biomet$146
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$144
- Smith+Nephew$139
- Abbott$118
- Avanos Medical$25
- plus $26 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$861100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teleflex LLC | 3 | $263 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $146 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $144 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $139 |
| Abbott | 1 | $118 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $25 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bolder Surgical LLC | 1 | $6 |
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.
- Arrow$148
- ROSA$146
- Grafix$139
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$118
How this compares
$861 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 28 pediatric surgery providers in Georgia.
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.
Other pediatric surgery in Augusta
- Walter PipkinAugusta$2K
- Robyn HatleyAugusta$384
- Charles HowellAugusta$108
- Martha-Conley IngramAugusta$19
- Jeffrey PenceMarietta$15K
- Rona NoreliusAtlanta$10K
- Bhargava MullapudiAtlanta$6K
- Joshua GlennMacon$681
- Andrew BozemanDublin$619
- Allison LindenAtlanta$325
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.