Jeffrey James, MD
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery · Alexandria, LANPI 1225202484
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.5% of the total across 85 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 34.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,940, 7.9 times the $245 reported in 2019.
Across 85 payments — averaging $67.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Kls-martin L.p.$1K
- Straumann USA LLC$833
- Zimvie Inc.$704
- Stryker$283
- Zimmer Biomet$180
- plus $515 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,720100%
- Gifts$270%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 29 | $1,962 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 16 | $1,269 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 8 | $833 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 11 | $704 |
| Stryker | 6 | $283 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $180 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $144 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 3 | $76 |
| Axogen | 4 | $71 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $67 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $36 |
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.
- MATRIXORTHOGNATHIC$620
- MATRIXMANDIBLE$496
- TSX Implants$458
- TRUMATCH$421
- MATRIXMIDFACE$372
- MATRIXWAVE$246
- VMIS$144
- BioSet$123
- VersaWrap$120
How this compares
$5,747 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 103 oral and maxillofacial surgery providers in Louisiana.
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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 oral and maxillofacial surgery in Alexandria
- Michelle ZoccolilloNew Orleans$56K
- Waleed ZaidBaton Rouge$47K
- Michael BlockMetairie$42K
- Demarcus SmithMetairie$20K
- Jennifer WoernerShreveport$19K
- David BulotBelle Chasse$18K
- Dongsoo KimShreveport$17K
- Rathana LimNew Orleans$15K
- Nickolas MaskasLake Charles$12K
- Jon PerenackMetairie$10K
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.