Amy Alderman
Plastic Surgery · Alpharetta, GANPI 1730287509
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 119 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Mentor Worldwide LLC at 57.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,930 and has fallen 78.2% since, to $420 in 2025.
Across 119 payments — averaging $52.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$4K
- Merz North America, Inc.$2K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$374
- Tepha Inc$171
- AbbVie$54
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$46
- plus $95 from 4 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $5972.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$85K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$22K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,304100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 77 | $3,620 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 12 | $1,943 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 21 | $374 |
| Tepha Inc | 1 | $171 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $54 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
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.
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$589
- MemoryGel Breast Implants$272
- ARTOURA Breast Tissue Expander$243
- GalaFLEX$171
- MENTOR CPX 4 BREAST TISSUE EXPANDER$122
- MemoryGel SILTEX Round Breast Implants$103
- MENTOR MemoryShape Breast Implant$101
How this compares
$6,304 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 163 plastic surgery providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 13 | $390 |
| Scopolamine | 14 | $210 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 15 | $98 |
| Cefadroxil | 18 | $90 |
| Gabapentin | 22 | $68 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery in Alpharetta
- David HillAlpharetta$10K
- Joseph BauerAlpharetta$5K
- David ZabelAugusta$511K
- Albert LoskenAtlanta$436K
- Jonathan NguyenAtlanta$364K
- Brian MaloneyAtlanta$224K
- Michael McNeelMarietta$160K
- Farzad NahaiAtlanta$129K
- Michael KluskaCommerce$58K
- Sara NeimanisAtlanta$51K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.