George Russell Huffman, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Winter Park, FLNPI 1699703157
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.6%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 59.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $90,938, 4.5 times the $20,050 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 346 payments — averaging $732.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$150K
- Lima USA, Inc.$58K
- Limacorporate S.p.a.$27K
- Reel Surgical, Inc.$11K
- Encore Medical, LP$4K
- Liberty Surgical Inc.$796
- plus $3K from 22 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $11,711 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Arthrex$117K
Across 5 payments — averaging $5319.28 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Catalyst Orthoscience$27K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$125,55750%
- Speaking & faculty fees$89,11635%
- Travel & lodging$22,5899%
- Food & beverage$7,1593%
- Education$8,7883%
- Other$870%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 167 | $149,997 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 83 | $57,573 |
| Limacorporate S.p.a. | 23 | $27,415 |
| Reel Surgical, Inc. | 24 | $10,903 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 9 | $3,971 |
| Liberty Surgical Inc. | 2 | $796 |
| Tigon Medical LLC | 1 | $558 |
| Stryker | 6 | $458 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $364 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 2 | $328 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 3 | $143 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $120 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $87 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $85 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $81 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $61 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Embody, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $21 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- SMR$21,766
- Promade$16,010
- TEMA Elbow$15,835
- ARTHREX$12,480
- SMR Shoulder$9,807
- Product Portfolio$9,138
- DJO SURGICAL$2,694
- Dynasplint$364
- TORNIER PERFORM ANATOMIC AUGMENTED GLENOID$161
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$113
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$112
How this compares
$253,296 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 29 | $382 |
| Gabapentin | 47 | $289 |
| Meloxicam | 49 | $245 |
| Amoxicillin | 21 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Winter Park
- Daryl OsbahrWinter Park$559K
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
- Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7.3M
- Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7.1M
- Steven LyonsTampa$6.7M
- Thomas BernasekTemple Terrace$6.4M
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.