James Sherman, MD
Surgery · Martinez, GANPI 1447244264
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 64 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merz North America, Inc. at 39.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,575 and has fallen 92.4% since, to $119 in 2025.
Across 64 payments — averaging $44.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merz North America, Inc.$1K
- Lumenis BE Inc$500
- Medtronic$307
- AbbVie$303
- Boston Scientific$182
- BD$93
- plus $347 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,878100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merz North America, Inc. | 10 | $1,146 |
| Lumenis BE Inc | 1 | $500 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 13 | $307 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 14 | $303 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $182 |
| BD | 3 | $93 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 4 | $66 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $14 |
| Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Venclose Inc. | 1 | $3 |
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.
How this compares
$2,878 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 855 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.
Other surgery in Martinez
- Chad CopperGainesville$999K
- Zachary KlaassenAugusta$763K
- Stephen OdomAustell$599K
- Fritz Jean-PierreMarietta$464K
- Kendra GrubbAtlanta$374K
- Harry LightfootSmyrna$241K
- Oliver WhippleSavannah$222K
- Nelson RoyallGainesville$220K
- Ankit PatelAtlanta$217K
- Kevin NguyenAtlanta$161K
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.