Louis Goehring, MD
Surgery · Cumming, GANPI 1851386866
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 12 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 24.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $168 and has fallen 90.6% since, to $16 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $1,913.
Across 12 payments — averaging $29.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$87
- Lexington Medical, Inc.$81
- Johnson & Johnson$56
- Elucent Medical$31
- Intuitive Surgical$23
- Prescient Surgical$22
- plus $55 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$355100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 1 | $87 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 1 | $81 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $56 |
| Elucent Medical | 1 | $31 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $23 |
| Prescient Surgical | 1 | $22 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$355 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 855 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 28 | $121 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 18 | $77 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Cumming
- Chad CopperGainesville$999K
- Zachary KlaassenAugusta$763K
- Stephen OdomAustell$599K
- Fritz Jean-PierreMarietta$464K
- Kendra GrubbAtlanta$374K
- Harry LightfootSmyrna$241K
- Oliver WhippleSavannah$222K
- Nelson RoyallGainesville$220K
- Ankit PatelAtlanta$217K
- Kevin NguyenAtlanta$161K
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.