Clinton Atkinson, MD
Vascular Surgery · Pinehurst, NCNPI 1083620280
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.1% of the total across 54 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 63.6% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $995, 2.6 times the $385 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $2,786.
Across 54 payments — averaging $45.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$181
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$169
- Venclose Inc.$131
- Organogenesis Inc.$125
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$74
- plus $213 from 8 others
Across 14 payments — averaging $7979.79 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.
- Medtronic$112K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$24110%
- Food & beverage$2,20790%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 29 | $1,557 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $181 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 2 | $169 |
| Venclose Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 5 | $125 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Abbott | 2 | $42 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $29 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $20 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
| Cashflow Solutions, 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.
How this compares
$2,449 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 119 vascular surgery providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cilostazol | 67 | $972 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 32 | $225 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 53 | $180 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Pinehurst
- Olufunsho AdamolekunPinehurst$3K
- Frank ArkoCharlotte$2.6M
- Erin MurphyCharlotte$598K
- Robert MendesRaleigh$408K
- Ellen DillavouRaleigh$284K
- Mark FarberChapel Hill$245K
- Hector Crespo SotoCharlotte$178K
- Rebecca KelsoCharlotte$148K
- William MarstonChapel Hill$83K
- Bryan EhlertGoldsboro$83K
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.