David Gallagher, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Augusta, GANPI 1730128927
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 46 payments — averaging $162.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aap Implants Inc$3K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Omnilife Science, Inc$940
- Dynasplint Systems Inc.$148
- Innovation Technologies Inc$76
- plus $414 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,02280%
- Food & beverage$1,46520%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aap Implants Inc | 1 | $2,789 |
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $2,109 |
| Globus Medical | 8 | $1,011 |
| Omnilife Science, Inc | 4 | $940 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 3 | $76 |
| Team 1, LLC | 1 | $64 |
| Moximed, Inc | 3 | $64 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| ERMI LLC | 2 | $37 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $34 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Stryker | 1 | $18 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Abbott | 1 | $13 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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
$7,487 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 654 orthopaedic 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 163 | $901 |
| Cefdinir | 54 | $701 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 35 | $560 |
| Methocarbamol | 72 | $448 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 76 | $430 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 115 | $297 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 21 | $273 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 87 | $223 |
| Meloxicam | 29 | $196 |
| Pregabalin | 12 | $132 |
| Ibuprofen | 21 | $112 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $111 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 15 | $94 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 20 | $80 |
| Carisoprodol | 17 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Augusta
- Stephen ParadaAugusta$699K
- Lynn CrosbyAugusta$536K
- John DevineAugusta$331K
- Uzondu AgochukwuAugusta$194K
- Nathan KukowskiAugusta$108K
- John MartellAugusta$91K
- Nicholas CapitoAugusta$83K
- Charles DecookCumming$48.3M
- Ormonde MahoneyAthens$10.8M
- Daxes BanitWarner Robins$5.7M
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.