Merritt Adams
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1760703490
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,577 of the $1,891 with a category attached, or 83.4%. It is spread thinly across 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $781, 2.9 times the $271 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for pediatric orthopaedic surgery clinicians in TN, where the typical reported total is $1,891.
Across 56 payments — averaging $33.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$409
- Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.$153
- Kyowa Kirin, Inc.$111
- Johnson & Johnson$105
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$103
- Globus Medical$92
- plus $918 from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$31317%
- Food & beverage$1,57783%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 4 | $409 |
| Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $153 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 5 | $111 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $105 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $103 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $92 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $62 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $61 |
| Prosidyan, Inc | 1 | $53 |
| Biogen | 2 | $52 |
| Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $32 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $29 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Novartis Gene Therapies, Inc. (fka Avexis, Inc.) | 1 | $24 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Saol Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Metacel Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $15 |
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.
- SYMPAZAN$153
How this compares
$1,891 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 24 pediatric orthopaedic surgery providers in Tennessee.
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Other pediatric orthopaedic surgery in Chattanooga
- Robert QuigleyChattanooga$7K
- Wendell MosesChattanooga$1K
- Jeffrey SawyerGermantown$61K
- Craig LouerNashville$50K
- Keith OrlandGermantown$46K
- Jonathan SchoeneckerNashville$23K
- Breann TisanoNashville$12K
- Herbert SchwartzNashville$11K
- Lael LuedtkeNashville$11K
- Alexandra JohnsonJohnson City$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.