James Mehaffey
General Surgery · Charlottesville, VANPI 1922366962
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $269 of the $436 with a category attached, or 61.7%. Medtronic accounts for 61.7% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $269 and has fallen 85.2% since, to $40 in 2025.
Across 9 payments — averaging $48.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$269
- Johnson & Johnson$98
- Abbott$43
- Cerus Corporation$26
Across 5 payments — averaging $20,850 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.
- Atricure, Inc.$104K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$16738%
- Education$26962%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 1 | $269 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $98 |
| Abbott | 2 | $43 |
| Cerus Corporation | 1 | $26 |
How this compares
$436 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 40 general 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 general surgery in Charlottesville
- Eric CharlesCharlottesville$44
- Lynn DengelCharlottesville$0
- Matthew BrengmanRichmond$156K
- Claire CarmanNorfolk$13K
- Gregory SchroderRichmond$12K
- Basil SkenderisVirginia Beach$12K
- Beryl BrownVirginia Beach$3K
- Anthony TerracinaNewport News$2K
- Jeffrey BergerVirginia Beach$1K
- George HubbardNorfolk$709
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.