Nimit Lad, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Snellville, GANPI 1306296637
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $53,952 of the $80,137 with a category attached, or 67.3%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 38.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $49,375 and has fallen 98.6% since, to $706 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 57 payments — averaging $1405.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$31K
- Arthrex$21K
- Southtech Orthopedics$16K
- Liberty Surgical Inc.$6K
- DJO, LLC$4K
- Stryker$1K
- plus $2K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$23,75030%
- Travel & lodging$1,3882%
- Food & beverage$1,0471%
- Education$53,95267%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $30,786 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $21,478 |
| Southtech Orthopedics | 13 | $15,600 |
| Liberty Surgical Inc. | 5 | $5,904 |
| DJO, LLC | 4 | $3,750 |
| Stryker | 6 | $1,077 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 11 | $765 |
| United Orthopedics LLC | 1 | $424 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $175 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $108 |
| Vertex | 1 | $27 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
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.
How this compares
$80,137 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 654 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 72 | $350 |
| Naproxen | 41 | $237 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $155 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 11 | $35 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $19 |
| Meloxicam | 13 | $18 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Snellville
- 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).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.