Austin Looney, MD
Sports Medicine · Atlanta, GANPI 1609230689
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (41.1%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Liberty Surgical Inc. at 24.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $11,802 and has fallen 87.1% since, to $1,525 in 2025.
Across 140 payments — averaging $208.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Liberty Surgical Inc.$7K
- Arthrex$5K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$5K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Stryker$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- plus $5K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3001%
- Grants$2,1087%
- Travel & lodging$11,97841%
- Food & beverage$5,18818%
- Education$9,60033%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Liberty Surgical Inc. | 6 | $7,200 |
| Arthrex | 43 | $5,107 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 26 | $4,856 |
| Smith+Nephew | 11 | $2,722 |
| Stryker | 8 | $2,637 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $2,108 |
| Piedmont Plus Innovation | 8 | $1,417 |
| DNE LLC | 1 | $642 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $493 |
| Moximed, Inc | 10 | $402 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $335 |
| Tigon Medical LLC | 1 | $300 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Arcuro Medical Inc | 1 | $123 |
| Vertex | 1 | $122 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $119 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $112 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 1 | $109 |
| Aap Implants Inc | 1 | $99 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 5 | $83 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 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.
- AMIStem H Femoral Stems$4,230
- Q-FIX$2,507
- MICRORAPTOR$1,789
- CAP-FIX$1,789
- SALVATION$1,402
- SEAL$642
- INSPACE$533
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$433
- NA$417
- SLINGSHOT$173
- MAKO$166
- Integrity implant$163
- MISHA KNEE SYSTEM, SMALL, LEFT$154
- RevoMotion$153
- MILAGRO$149
- FMS$136
- VAPR$136
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$135
- Shoulder System$131
- SUPERBALL$123
How this compares
$29,174 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 168 sports medicine 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 66 | $1,527 |
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $100 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Atlanta
- John XerogeanesAtlanta$4M
- Spero KarasAtlanta$137K
- Xavier DuraldeAtlanta$77K
- Thomas MyersAtlanta$72K
- Phillip LangerAtlanta$33K
- Richard DanilkowiczAtlanta$32K
- James KercherAtlanta$24K
- Kyle HammondAtlanta$18K
- Charles GartenAtlanta$16K
- John KoprivaAtlanta$10K
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.