Chris Loftis, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Columbia, TNNPI 1447602339
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.6%), education and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 51.9% of the total.
Across 147 payments — averaging $532.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$41K
- Arthrex$11K
- Smith+Nephew$10K
- Encore Medical, LP$5K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$2K
- plus $6K from 12 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $2947.81 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.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$14K
- Stryker$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$36,51347%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5002%
- Grants$10,25913%
- Travel & lodging$8,77611%
- Food & beverage$6,0388%
- Education$15,22519%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 49 | $40,676 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $11,409 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $10,244 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 22 | $5,321 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 21 | $2,837 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 2 | $1,980 |
| Stryker | 16 | $1,349 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 4 | $1,297 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 2 | $1,233 |
| Music City Medical Technologies, LLC | 8 | $907 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $675 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $203 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $84 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
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.
- DJO SURGICAL$6,001
- INHANCE$3,504
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$449
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$333
- NA$326
- NONE$259
- REUNION$223
- Velys$150
- ATTUNE$146
- Avenir$129
- G7$129
- Oxford-Knees$129
- TRIATHLON$118
- VA-LCP$109
How this compares
$78,311 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 381 orthopaedic surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 108 | $283 |
| Methylprednisolone | 40 | $266 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 31 | $241 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 24 | $202 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 36 | $130 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 14 | $61 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Columbia
- Alton HunterColumbia$820K
- Paul BradyKnoxville$20M
- Edwin SpencerKnoxville$2.5M
- Jesse DotyChattanooga$2.3M
- Thomas ThrockmortonGermantown$1.7M
- Jefferson MorrisonNashville$678K
- Michael BeebeMemphis$626K
- Gregory PolkowskiNashville$526K
- Matthew WillisNashville$498K
- Michael ChristieNashville$474K
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.