Melissa Lawrence
Orthopaedic Surgery · Albany, GANPI 1316169220
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $8,365 of the $10,361 with a category attached, or 80.7%. Arthrex accounts for 66.7% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $6,891 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $104 in 2025.
Across 82 payments — averaging $126.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$7K
- CGG Medical Inc$2K
- DJO, LLC$283
- Organogenesis Inc.$270
- Stryker$167
- Amgen$117
- plus $688 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3213%
- Food & beverage$1,67516%
- Education$8,36581%
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 | 15 | $6,912 |
| CGG Medical Inc | 3 | $1,924 |
| DJO, LLC | 9 | $283 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 9 | $270 |
| Stryker | 5 | $167 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 7 | $117 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $108 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $106 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $76 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $69 |
| Vertex | 1 | $54 |
| Conetic Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $26 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $23 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- PuraPly$122
How this compares
$10,361 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 654 orthopaedic surgery providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 66 | $290 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Albany
- Charles DecookCumming$48.3M
- Ormonde MahoneyAthens$10.6M
- Daxes BanitWarner Robins$5.5M
- John DorchakColumbus$3.8M
- Daniel SilcoxAtlanta$3.4M
- Dennis DevitoAtlanta$1.5M
- Jon MinterAlpharetta$1.2M
- George GuildCumming$987K
- William TallyAthens$870K
- Julian PriceAthens$805K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.