John Kauffmann, PA
Surgical · Neptune, NJNPI 1336575661
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,160 of the $3,431 with a category attached, or 63.0%. Microtransponder, Inc. accounts for 67.2% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,952, more than ten times the $166 reported in 2023. Among surgical clinicians in NJ 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 40 payments — averaging $85.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Microtransponder, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$528
- Kerecis Limited$131
- AstraZeneca$125
- GT Medical Technologies, Inc$90
- Johnson & Johnson$61
- plus $191 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,16063%
- Food & beverage$1,27137%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 3 | $2,305 |
| Medtronic | 17 | $528 |
| Kerecis Limited | 7 | $131 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $125 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 1 | $90 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $61 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $47 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| BD | 1 | $29 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Abbott | 1 | $22 |
| Ceribell, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Irras USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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
$3,431 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 462 surgical providers in New Jersey.
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 surgical in Neptune
- Matthew PetridesNeptune$183K
- Richard HulseNeptune$10K
- Moira StanleyNeptune$9K
- Andrea ConwayCherry Hill$105K
- Dean BaroneUnion$69K
- Jessica HendersonEatontown$53K
- Richard BengelCamden$44K
- Dylan RyanCamden$26K
- Lauren RoyceClifton$11K
- Rachel WintMount Laurel$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.