James Blair, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Augusta, GANPI 1881856110
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 575 payments — averaging $967.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$232K
- Stryker$111K
- Globus Medical$60K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$40K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$38K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$33K
- plus $41K from 21 others
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 145 | $232,214 |
| Stryker | 152 | $111,368 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 75 | $59,707 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 37 | $40,342 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 34 | $38,487 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 37 | $33,310 |
| Synthes GmbH | 26 | $18,031 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 17 | $15,975 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 8 | $4,710 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $644 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 3 | $355 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $277 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $246 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $173 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $123 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $117 |
| Abbott | 3 | $85 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $46 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $45 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $32 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$556,566 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 28 orthopaedic trauma 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.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Augusta
- Bruce ZiranLawrenceville$2.4M
- William TerrellMarietta$669K
- Michael MaceroliAtlanta$385K
- Daniel ChanMacon$266K
- Daniel SchlattererAtlanta$69K
- Mara SchenkerAtlanta$59K
- Matthew MartellMacon$48K
- Jarrod DumpeMacon$27K
- Robert SimpsonColumbus$19K
- Stephen BecherMarietta$19K
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.