James Watt, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Fort Walton Beach, FLNPI 1700087897
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (38.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Sonex Health, Inc. accounts for 73.5% of it on its own, with 27 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,017 and has fallen 80.2% since, to $995 in 2025.
Across 120 payments — averaging $102.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sonex Health, Inc.$9K
- CGG Medical Inc$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$576
- Smith+Nephew$349
- Organogenesis Inc.$157
- Stryker$151
- plus $825 from 22 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $62,341 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.
- Sonex Health, Inc.$312K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,70038%
- Travel & lodging$1,90716%
- Food & beverage$4,48336%
- Education$1,20010%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 74 | $9,031 |
| CGG Medical Inc | 1 | $1,200 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $576 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $349 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $157 |
| Stryker | 2 | $151 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $117 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $117 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $79 |
| Maxx Health Inc | 1 | $46 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $37 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $31 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
| Ensemble Orthopedics, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Ortho Solutions Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- ULTRAGUIDECTR$6,222
- ULTRAGUIDETFR$2,922
- Sx-One Microknife$1,185
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$272
- Arcos$148
- PURAPLY WOUND MATRIX$134
- Affinity$134
- Apligraf$134
- Endoscopy Instrument Systems$124
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$113
How this compares
$12,290 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $96 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Fort Walton Beach
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
- Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7.3M
- Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7.1M
- Steven LyonsTampa$6.7M
- Thomas BernasekTemple Terrace$6.4M
- Bryan SpringerJacksonville$6.3M
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.