Gregory Lifferth, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Dalton, GANPI 1124552492
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $4,800 of the $7,101 with a category attached, or 67.6%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alpha Orthopedic Systems at 51.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,674 and has fallen 88.6% since, to $417 in 2025.
Across 75 payments — averaging $94.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$4K
- Arthrex$1K
- Smith+Nephew$439
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$278
- Organogenesis Inc.$252
- AbbVie$234
- plus $1000 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$160%
- Food & beverage$2,28532%
- Education$4,80068%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 6 | $3,668 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $1,230 |
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $439 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 6 | $278 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 12 | $252 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $234 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $176 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 3 | $159 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $145 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 2 | $108 |
| Biowound Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $58 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $47 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Koya Medical, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Cashflow Solutions, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
How this compares
$7,101 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 239 foot & ankle 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Terbinafine Hcl | 328 | $4,140 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 71 | $1,351 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 48 | $1,257 |
| Fluconazole | 22 | $1,227 |
| Methylprednisolone | 126 | $814 |
| Ciclopirox | 29 | $629 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 57 | $392 |
| Gabapentin | 45 | $376 |
| Meloxicam | 129 | $319 |
| Mupirocin | 33 | $221 |
| Levofloxacin | 14 | $124 |
| Furosemide | 16 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Dalton
- Jay MoritzDalton$8K
- Robert WeinsteinFayetteville$394K
- Jason BariteauAtlanta$199K
- Scott RomanPeachtree City$118K
- Jeffrey FlashForest Park$114K
- Mickey StappThomson$110K
- David MurphyWaycross$55K
- Rishin KadakiaAtlanta$53K
- Javan BassLithonia$43K
- Bhavin MehtaAtlanta$43K
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.