Jennifer Bruggers, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Marietta, GANPI 1992965990
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (35.7%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 46.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $25,141 and has fallen 88.6% since, to $2,877 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in GA 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 118 payments — averaging $616.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$34K
- Synthes GmbH$28K
- Biocomposites Inc$9K
- Kerecis Limited$856
- Synthes USA Products LLC$335
- Smith+Nephew$325
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,01036%
- Speaking & faculty fees$18,62526%
- Travel & lodging$19,01026%
- Food & beverage$9,13713%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 32 | $33,700 |
| Synthes GmbH | 33 | $27,644 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 5 | $8,551 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $856 |
| Synthes USA Products LLC | 1 | $335 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $325 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $271 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $167 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $155 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $129 |
| Amgen | 6 | $119 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $108 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 3 | $52 |
| Stryker | 2 | $51 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Vertex | 1 | $27 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Stimulan$8,482
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$2,027
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$1,591
- TFN ADVANCED$829
- ORTHOPEDIC CABLE / PERIPROSTHETIC SYSTEM$829
- DHS$829
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$659
- LCP$271
- VA-LCP$157
- PRECICE$155
- Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack$147
- TFN-Advance$132
- NA$132
- BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS$119
- PREVENA$108
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$108
- V.A.C. ULTA$108
How this compares
$72,782 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 654 orthopaedic 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 64 | $451 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 31 | $263 |
| Ibuprofen | 34 | $253 |
| Methocarbamol | 51 | $242 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 84 | $213 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 34 | $100 |
| Meloxicam | 21 | $61 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Marietta
- Dominic CarreiraMarietta$556K
- Bennett GrimmMarietta$469K
- Stanley DysartMarietta$86K
- Charles DecookCumming$48.3M
- Ormonde MahoneyAthens$10.6M
- Daxes BanitWarner Robins$5.5M
- John DorchakColumbus$3.8M
- Daniel SilcoxAtlanta$3.4M
- Dennis DevitoAtlanta$1.5M
- Jon MinterAlpharetta$1.2M
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.