Edward Hellman, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Tifton, GANPI 1548340284
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,442 of the $2,686 with a category attached, or 90.9%. CGG Medical Inc accounts for 90.9% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,535, more than ten times the $56 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $3,375.
Across 11 payments — averaging $244.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- CGG Medical Inc$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$56
- Zimmer Biomet$52
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$30
- Arthrex$24
- Abbott$24
- plus $58 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,44291%
- Food & beverage$2449%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CGG Medical Inc | 1 | $2,442 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $56 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $52 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $30 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $24 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Stryker | 1 | $18 |
| Vertex | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,686 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 363 | $4,201 |
| Gabapentin | 211 | $2,187 |
| Fentanyl | 19 | $1,906 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 230 | $1,772 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 116 | $1,757 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 58 | $636 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 79 | $458 |
| Methadone Hcl | 12 | $456 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 84 | $269 |
| Prednisone | 52 | $261 |
| Methocarbamol | 11 | $238 |
| Meloxicam | 42 | $116 |
| Pregabalin | 12 | $104 |
| Diazepam | 24 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Tifton
- Charles DecookCumming$48.3M
- Ormonde MahoneyAthens$10.6M
- Daxes BanitWarner Robins$5.5M
- John DorchakColumbus$3.8M
- Daniel SilcoxAtlanta$3.4M
- Dennis DevitoAtlanta$1.5M
- Jon MinterAlpharetta$1.2M
- George GuildCumming$987K
- William TallyAthens$870K
- Julian PriceAthens$805K
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.