Paul Cartwright
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 142 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Integra Lifesciences Corporation at 52.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,921 and has fallen 83.1% since, to $325 in 2025.
Across 142 payments — averaging $46.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$802
- Kerecis Limited$402
- Acell, Inc.$346
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$211
- AbbVie$131
- plus $1K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$220%
- Food & beverage$6,570100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 49 | $3,465 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 23 | $802 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $402 |
| Acell, Inc. | 8 | $346 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 8 | $211 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $131 |
| Teleflex LLC | 3 | $125 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $124 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 7 | $103 |
| CSL Behring | 4 | $101 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $95 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $85 |
| Avanos Medical | 4 | $77 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $71 |
| BTG International Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 2 | $45 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $27 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $20 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $20 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $19 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $18 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $17 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 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.
- INTEGRA$4,644
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$1,511
- PRIMATRIX$1,511
- CYTAL$793
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$733
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$710
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$361
- MATRIXRIB$242
- JAKAFI$124
How this compares
$6,592 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 855 surgery providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Macon
- Danny VaughnMacon$89K
- Chad CopperGainesville$999K
- Zachary KlaassenAugusta$763K
- Stephen OdomAustell$599K
- Fritz Jean-PierreMarietta$464K
- Kendra GrubbAtlanta$374K
- Harry LightfootSmyrna$241K
- Oliver WhippleSavannah$222K
- Nelson RoyallGainesville$220K
- Ankit PatelAtlanta$217K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.