James Morrow
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Florence, KYNPI 1174870406
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.0%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 41 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated at 40.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $7,310 and has fallen 64.7% since, to $2,583 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in KY 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 265 payments — averaging $80.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$9K
- Stryker$6K
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$2K
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$937
- Amgen$550
- plus $2K from 35 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,23634%
- Travel & lodging$4,46821%
- Food & beverage$9,59745%
- Education$120%
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.
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.
- VARIAX$1,502
- PRIME SERIES$1,213
- Portfolio$634
- ANCHORAGE$604
- RAYOS$350
- SONICANCHOR$308
- SMARTTOE$308
- ASNIS$304
- GRAFIX PL$284
- DART-FIRE$277
- ALLOWRAP$173
- ALLOGRAFT$173
- Actishield$170
- CLARIX$164
- REELX STT$149
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$148
- PROPHECY$146
- Stravix$143
- Versajet$142
- NuCel$133
How this compares
$21,313 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 141 foot & ankle surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 54 | $509 |
| Ciclopirox | 16 | $426 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 19 | $157 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 25 | $142 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 18 | $140 |
| Cephalexin | 33 | $130 |
| Mupirocin | 15 | $87 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $86 |
| Prednisone | 15 | $56 |
| Meloxicam | 23 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Florence
- Stephanie LietteFlorence$9K
- William Adams IiPaducah$485K
- Sofie PinneyCynthiana$130K
- Carl KihmLouisville$89K
- Bradford FineLexington$82K
- Nicholas LacoLouisville$60K
- Jay LechnerLouisville$29K
- Russell BakerCarrollton$27K
- William McGloneLouisville$26K
- Timothy FordLouisville$26K
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.