George Puneky
Orthopaedic Surgery · Augusta, GANPI 1407413305
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (52.6%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 40.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $6,275 and has fallen 53.7% since, to $2,905 in 2025.
Across 126 payments — averaging $118.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.$1K
- Arthrex$948
- Zimmer Biomet$631
- plus $3K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,3509%
- Travel & lodging$5,44636%
- Food & beverage$7,86353%
- Education$3002%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 45 | $6,101 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $2,150 |
| Smith+Nephew | 16 | $1,161 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 12 | $1,027 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $948 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $631 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $433 |
| Davol Inc. | 4 | $337 |
| Team 1, LLC | 5 | $291 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $230 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $181 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 2 | $174 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $174 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $150 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 1 | $134 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 1 | $130 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $117 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $88 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $13 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $13 |
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.
- PRO$3,436
- OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST$603
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$543
- MAKO$536
- T2 ALPHA$470
- NA$460
- INTEGRA$449
- GAMMA$420
- Persona$313
- EVOS$285
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$283
- TRIGEN InterTAN$269
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$191
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$181
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$181
- Anthem$174
- Autobahn$174
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$150
- PRIMATRIX$150
- PANGEA$144
How this compares
$14,959 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 654 orthopaedic surgery providers in Georgia.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Augusta
- Stephen ParadaAugusta$604K
- Lynn CrosbyAugusta$536K
- John DevineAugusta$331K
- Uzondu AgochukwuAugusta$194K
- Nathan KukowskiAugusta$108K
- Nicholas CapitoAugusta$83K
- Charles DecookCumming$48.3M
- Ormonde MahoneyAthens$10.6M
- Daxes BanitWarner Robins$5.5M
- John DorchakColumbus$3.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.