David Taormina, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Vancleave, MSNPI 1851702807
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (49.7%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 28.5% of the total.
Across 103 payments — averaging $95.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Arthrex$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Team 1, LLC$1K
- Ensemble Orthopedics, Inc$1K
- ALON Medical Technology$629
- plus $913 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,90850%
- Food & beverage$3,53636%
- Education$1,42714%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 32 | $2,813 |
| Arthrex | 21 | $1,570 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 17 | $1,554 |
| Team 1, LLC | 3 | $1,346 |
| Ensemble Orthopedics, Inc | 2 | $1,047 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 6 | $629 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $367 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $219 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $125 |
| Axogen | 1 | $32 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $25 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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
$9,871 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 170 orthopaedic surgery providers in Mississippi.
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-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 102 | $610 |
| Meloxicam | 60 | $167 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 24 | $151 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $84 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 28 | $73 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Vancleave
- Christopher BurksVancleave$17K
- Thomas LucakVancleave$12K
- Matthew GravesJackson$1.2M
- George van OstenTupelo$322K
- Edward HobgoodJackson$267K
- Hanna MitiasNew Albany$249K
- Stephen SouthworthTupelo$160K
- Jamey BurrowJackson$130K
- Jeff AlmandJackson$109K
- Spencer MontgomeryJackson$90K
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.