James Branch
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Lilburn, GANPI 1346244985
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $23,507 of the $24,930 with a category attached, or 94.3%. Bone Support Inc. accounts for 97.8% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $9,701, more than ten times the $182 reported in 2019. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in GA 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 38 payments — averaging $656.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bone Support Inc.$24K
- Smith+Nephew$299
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$130
- Organogenesis Inc.$42
- Osiris Therapeutics Inc.$26
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$19
- plus $40 from 3 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $1500.00 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.
- BONE Support AB$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$23,50794%
- Travel & lodging$2981%
- Food & beverage$1,1255%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bone Support Inc. | 25 | $24,374 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $299 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $130 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Tenex Health Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 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.
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$24,261
- CERAMENT G$16,254
- PRIMATRIX$130
- TCC-EZ$130
- AMNIOEXCEL$130
- GRAFIX PL$122
- REGRANEX$112
How this compares
$24,930 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 46 | $1,112 |
| Ciclopirox | 27 | $835 |
| Nystatin | 57 | $381 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 23 | $280 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 17 | $188 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 11 | $184 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $161 |
| Mupirocin | 23 | $156 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 20 | $154 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 15 | $119 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $83 |
| Meloxicam | 25 | $80 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 15 | $65 |
| Amoxicillin | 15 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Lilburn
- 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
- Corbett ThigpenAugusta$41K
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.