Edward Szabo
Foot Surgery · Augusta, GANPI 1437186012
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 48 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 36.7% of the total.
Across 48 payments — averaging $78.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$655
- Stryker$538
- Bone Support Inc.$136
- Bioventus LLC$135
- Next Science LLC$133
- plus $779 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,753100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 17 | $1,378 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $655 |
| Stryker | 6 | $538 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $135 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $133 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $109 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $105 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $78 |
| Moximed, Inc | 1 | $73 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 1 | $35 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- NA$275
- ALPHAVENT$172
- EVOS$149
- CANNULATED SCREWS$149
- LCP$148
- TFN-Advance$144
- QWIX$139
- Jet-X$137
- Conquest FN$137
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$136
- CERAMENT G$136
- Xperience$133
- BlastX$133
- SurgX$133
- PICO$129
- RENASYS TOUCH$129
- T2$128
- MY01 Continuous Compartmental Pressure Monitor$125
- Stravix$125
- TRIGEN$120
How this compares
Too few foot surgery providers in Georgiato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 40 | $1,198 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 63 | $1,037 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 28 | $297 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 27 | $270 |
| Meloxicam | 84 | $199 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $73 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot surgery in Augusta
- Charles KeanAugusta$1K
- Gemma EnglishBraselton$4K
- Marieli ColonForest Park$3K
- Ifeoma NwaedozieRome$3K
- Anastasia ThomasStone Mountain$470
- Anthony GordonAthens$362
- Felicia PierreTucker$318
- Jessica BrownAtlanta$256
- Ebony ConnerPeachtree City$218
- Michael CantrellConyers$129
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.