Jonathan Nix, PA
Surgical · Athens, GANPI 1811087299
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.9% of the total across 317 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,362, 3.3 times the $707 reported in 2021. Among surgical 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 317 payments — averaging $23.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Sanofi$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$634
- Johnson & Johnson$536
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$533
- Novartis$452
- plus $3K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,518100%
- Education$70%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 67 | $1,487 |
| Sanofi | 37 | $1,232 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 17 | $634 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 31 | $536 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 28 | $533 |
| Novartis | 22 | $452 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 9 | $307 |
| Incyte Corporation | 12 | $305 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 13 | $271 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 18 | $264 |
| Amgen | 2 | $212 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $169 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $162 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 6 | $151 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $121 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 6 | $120 |
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $112 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 7 | $104 |
| Organon | 3 | $69 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $37 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 3 | $35 |
| Almirall LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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
$7,525 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 372 surgical 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Skyrizi PenRisankizumab-Rzaa | 23 | $473,739 |
| Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens)Secukinumab | 24 | $177,040 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 24 | $88,168 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 87 | $6,879 |
| Ivermectin | 23 | $6,437 |
| Ketoconazole | 247 | $4,764 |
| Metronidazole | 80 | $4,365 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 126 | $3,960 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 84 | $3,514 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 200 | $2,460 |
| Mupirocin | 192 | $1,093 |
| Desonide | 11 | $853 |
| Fluorouracil | 11 | $812 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 27 | $449 |
| Cephalexin | 52 | $224 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Athens
- Lauren EdekerAlpharetta$305K
- Michael BerkeAtlanta$242K
- Emily WatsonAtlanta$150K
- Beretta Craft-CoffmanCanton$30K
- Sarah NayebosadriDuluth$28K
- Kenneth NorrisLawrenceville$19K
- Scott LinacreLawrenceville$19K
- Richard HeimbeckerLawrenceville$15K
- Steven SnipesAlbany$14K
- Jessica SheppardSnellville$12K
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.