Dennis Murphy, MD
Neurological Surgery · Rome, GANPI 1992704522
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 64 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $589 and has fallen 65.7% since, to $202 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $3,499.
Across 64 payments — averaging $25.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$256
- AstraZeneca$176
- Stryker$170
- Radius Health, Inc.$168
- Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$123
- Zimmer Biomet$105
- plus $628 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,625100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 8 | $256 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $176 |
| Stryker | 2 | $170 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 7 | $168 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 7 | $123 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $105 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $101 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $75 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $55 |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $32 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $28 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Vertex | 1 | $24 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $23 |
| Merck | 1 | $22 |
| Reel Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
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.
- HOFFMANN$145
- GAMMA$145
- Cervical-STIM$131
How this compares
$1,625 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 201 neurological 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.
Other neurological surgery in Rome
- John CowanRome$3.2M
- Regis HaidAtlanta$25.5M
- Thomas MorrisonAtlanta$2.8M
- Christopher TomarasAtlanta$1.5M
- Daniel RefaiAtlanta$1.2M
- Gerald RodtsAtlanta$1.2M
- Betsy GrunchGainesville$1.1M
- James RobinsonAtlanta$993K
- Michele JohnsonAtlanta$540K
- Igor de CastroMacon$450K
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.