George Chimento, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · New Orleans, LANPI 1497759922
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 64 payments — averaging $192.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$7K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$410
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$217
- Davol Inc.$177
- plus $147 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,72545%
- Travel & lodging$2,86727%
- Food & beverage$2,89528%
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 | 38 | $7,191 |
| Globus Medical | 12 | $2,344 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $1,808 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $410 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $217 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $177 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $66 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $37 |
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.
- MAKO$6,139
- Proven Gen-Flex PS Knee System$2,142
- Custom Joint$149
- EXPAREL$119
How this compares
$12,294 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 286 orthopaedic surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 53 | $133 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in New Orleans
- Robert ZuraNew Orleans$792K
- Fernando SanchezNew Orleans$655K
- Matthew CableNew Orleans$79K
- Gustavo GodoyNew Orleans$76K
- Cameron KingNew Orleans$74K
- Ramin SadeghpourNew Orleans$37K
- Robert HuangNew Orleans$28K
- Leland McCluskeyNew Orleans$24K
- Willard MooreNew Orleans$23K
- Jessica RiveraNew Orleans$20K
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.