James Burgess, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Fort Bragg, NCNPI 1851778401
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,610 of the $4,314 with a category attached, or 60.5%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 56.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,672 and has fallen 94.5% since, to $93 in 2025.
Across 32 payments — averaging $134.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Fortis Surgical, LLC$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$391
- Johnson & Johnson$182
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$46
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$38
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$50412%
- Food & beverage$2,61061%
- Education$1,20028%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 20 | $2,438 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 2 | $1,219 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $391 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $182 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
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.
- T2 ALPHA$595
- PRO$504
- NA$211
- Affixus$199
- RESTORATION$173
- SALVATION$172
- DVR Anatomic Kickstand$167
- GAMMA$159
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic trauma providers in North Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 Fort Bragg
- Joseph HsuCharlotte$483K
- Mark GageDurham$378K
- Christian PeanDurham$166K
- Holly PilsonWinston Salem$86K
- Timothy HarrisRaleigh$27K
- Keith WhitlockRaleigh$15K
- Andrew ChenChapel Hill$14K
- Sarat GangaCary$9K
- Kendall MasadaCharlotte$9K
- Phillip GrisdelaCamp Lejeune$6K
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.