John Morellato
Orthopaedic Surgery · Jackson, MSNPI 1245754498
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (36.9%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Synthes GmbH at 47.8% of the total.
Across 52 payments — averaging $337.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$8K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$963
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$246
- plus $186 from 4 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $22,514 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.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$68K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,55032%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,25018%
- Travel & lodging$6,47937%
- Food & beverage$2,29113%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 15 | $8,407 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $4,050 |
| Globus Medical | 8 | $2,141 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $1,577 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $963 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 4 | $246 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $82 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $73 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 1 | $17 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 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.
- VA-LCP$4,050
- Clavical Fixation (16-186)$1,783
- AETOS Shoulder System$1,376
- TWINFIX$618
- Fibulink$345
- NA$345
- Anthem$290
- TFN-Advance$226
- Autobahn$174
- QUICKANCHOR ORTHOCORD$128
- Quickanchor Ethibond$128
- Microfix Quickanchor Ethibond$128
- HAMMERLOCK$119
- LCP PLATES & SCREWS$112
- TFN ADVANCED$104
- RIA$104
- ViviGen$101
How this compares
$17,570 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 170 orthopaedic surgery providers in Mississippi.
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 orthopaedic surgery in Jackson
- Matthew GravesJackson$1.2M
- Edward HobgoodJackson$267K
- Jamey BurrowJackson$130K
- Jeff AlmandJackson$109K
- Spencer MontgomeryJackson$90K
- Larry FieldJackson$88K
- Kevin PurcellJackson$72K
- Colin CooperJackson$55K
- Tammam HannaJackson$47K
- Wood DaleJackson$46K
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.