Ja Hea Gu, MD
Plastic Surgery · Richmond, VANPI 1932717758
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.1%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Trimed, Inc. at 37.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,691 and has fallen 89.1% since, to $403 in 2025.
Across 47 payments — averaging $166.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Trimed, Inc.$3K
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$2K
- Encore Medical, LP$1K
- Polynovo North America LLC$238
- Checkpoint Surgical, Inc$178
- Axogen$174
- plus $857 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,74422%
- Food & beverage$3,68547%
- Education$2,40031%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trimed, Inc. | 13 | $2,946 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 2 | $2,400 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 9 | $1,037 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 3 | $238 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 2 | $178 |
| Axogen | 4 | $174 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $163 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $156 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $143 |
| Medartis Inc. | 2 | $142 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $123 |
| Biocircuit Technologies Inc | 1 | $107 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
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.
- DJO Surgical Discovery Elbow System$651
- Tools - WFS$312
- DJO SURGICAL$250
- Restrata Wound Matrix$163
- Matriderm$156
- Novosorb BTM$122
- APTUS$104
- Checkpoint Stimulators$101
How this compares
$7,830 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 121 plastic surgery providers in Virginia.
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.
Other plastic surgery in Richmond
- Reps SundinRichmond$38K
- Darrin HubertRichmond$11K
- Stephen ChenRichmond$9K
- Steven MontanteRichmond$8K
- Gregory LynamRichmond$7K
- Kenneth OrtizRichmond$5K
- Sharline AboutanosRichmond$4K
- Ali MesbahiMcLean$277K
- Vineet MehanFalls Church$244K
- Michael GrantCharlottesville$145K
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.