Katie Gusching
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Cartersville, GANPI 1346686151
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (54.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 63.1% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,676 and has fallen 95.8% since, to $153 in 2025.
Across 47 payments — averaging $94.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$867
- Organogenesis Inc.$192
- Vaporox, Inc.$123
- Smith+Nephew$94
- Polymedics Innovations Inc.$40
- plus $320 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$83919%
- Food & beverage$1,18927%
- Education$2,40054%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 11 | $2,793 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 6 | $867 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 5 | $192 |
| Vaporox, Inc. | 2 | $123 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $94 |
| Polymedics Innovations Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Stryker | 2 | $36 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Amgen | 1 | $29 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $27 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $25 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $23 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $12 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
How this compares
$4,428 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 239 foot & ankle 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ketoconazole | 37 | $599 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Cartersville
- Sharadha KrishnappanCartersville$10K
- Robert WeinsteinFayetteville$394K
- Jason BariteauAtlanta$199K
- Scott RomanPeachtree City$118K
- Jeffrey FlashForest Park$114K
- Mickey StappThomson$110K
- David MurphyWaycross$55K
- Rishin KadakiaAtlanta$53K
- Javan BassLithonia$43K
- Bhavin MehtaAtlanta$43K
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.