Michael Strong, MD
Neurological Surgery · Austell, GANPI 1386178119
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $10,109 of the $15,182 with a category attached, or 66.6%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 38.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,878, more than ten times the $67 reported in 2020.
Across 109 payments — averaging $139.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$6K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Synthes GmbH$1K
- Icotec Medical Inc.$1K
- Carlsmed, Inc.$1K
- plus $2K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$10,10967%
- Food & beverage$5,07333%
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 | 58 | $5,802 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 6 | $1,720 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 9 | $1,510 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $1,315 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 12 | $1,313 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 2 | $1,027 |
| Arthrex | 8 | $793 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $477 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $322 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $305 |
| United Orthopedics LLC | 1 | $299 |
| Stryker | 1 | $148 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 3 | $114 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Xvision$2,383
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,215
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,093
- aprevo$997
- CREO$986
- icotec BlackArmor Spine System$858
- UNID_PASS$628
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$322
- Invictus MIS$222
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$175
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$173
- ADAPTIX INTERBODY SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$165
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$155
- SERRATO$148
- ARTIC-L 3D TI SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TIONIC TECHNOLOGY$137
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM 6.0, SCREW, Carbon/PEEK, POLYAX., FEN., O 5.5 X 45 MM$126
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM, ROD, Carbon/PEEK, CURVED, 6.0 R450 X 200 MM$126
- KONG-TL VBR E, EXPANDABLE BODY, L, 19 MM X 27 - 37 MM$126
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, ROUND, L AND SCREW, 12 X 43 MM$126
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, RECTANGULAR, M AND SCREW, 12 X 33 MM$126
How this compares
$15,182 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 201 neurological 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.
Other neurological surgery in Austell
- Regis HaidAtlanta$25.5M
- John CowanRome$3.2M
- Thomas MorrisonAtlanta$2.8M
- Christopher TomarasAtlanta$1.5M
- Daniel RefaiAtlanta$1.2M
- Gerald RodtsAtlanta$1.2M
- Betsy GrunchGainesville$1.1M
- James RobinsonAtlanta$993K
- Michele JohnsonAtlanta$540K
- Igor de CastroMacon$450K
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.