Matthew Wood
Orthopaedic Surgery · Augusta, GANPI 1750898664
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (59.1%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Exactech, Inc. at 24.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,831, more than ten times the $41 reported in 2020.
Across 123 payments — averaging $116.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exactech, Inc.$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Axogen$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Stryker$970
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$934
- plus $4K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,95434%
- Food & beverage$8,49659%
- Education$9216%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exactech, Inc. | 6 | $3,520 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 31 | $2,040 |
| Axogen | 8 | $1,434 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 18 | $1,037 |
| Stryker | 14 | $970 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 4 | $934 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $921 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 2 | $674 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $230 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $203 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 4 | $181 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $181 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $168 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $164 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $150 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $144 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $124 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $120 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $117 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $116 |
| Bonalive Inc | 1 | $114 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $99 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $96 |
| Team 1, LLC | 3 | $91 |
| Biocircuit Technologies Inc | 1 | $90 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $88 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $13 |
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.
- AXOGUARD$2,298
- EQUINOXE PHX SYSTEM$1,760
- EQUINOXE$1,760
- NA$1,649
- DJO SURGICAL$1,576
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$1,149
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$1,149
- Geminus$793
- Align$793
- IJS$793
- Implate$793
- Avenir$561
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$543
- INTEGRA$449
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$288
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$181
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$181
- MAKO$175
- ALPHAVENT$172
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$150
How this compares
$14,371 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 654 orthopaedic surgery providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 18 | $103 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Augusta
- Stephen ParadaAugusta$604K
- Lynn CrosbyAugusta$536K
- John DevineAugusta$331K
- Uzondu AgochukwuAugusta$194K
- Nathan KukowskiAugusta$108K
- Nicholas CapitoAugusta$83K
- Charles DecookCumming$48.3M
- Ormonde MahoneyAthens$10.6M
- Daxes BanitWarner Robins$5.5M
- John DorchakColumbus$3.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.