Paul Coffman
Physician Assistant · Augusta, GANPI 1437126075
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 43 payments — averaging $20.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$176
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$132
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$117
- Johnson & Johnson$58
- Hydrofera LLC$44
- Endogastric Solutions, Inc$44
- plus $307 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$878100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 11 | $176 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $132 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 5 | $117 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $58 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $44 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 2 | $43 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $38 |
| Merck | 1 | $33 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$878 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 3,581 physician assistant 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 physician assistant in Augusta
- Jonell PoeAugusta$18K
- Julie BuirdAugusta$17K
- Kolyse CaverAugusta$16K
- Lacey PrestonAugusta$15K
- Douglas DiruggieroCartersville$1.3M
- Jennifer CobbsAtlanta$1M
- A BrunnerStockbridge$1M
- Joseph LangshawCalhoun$887K
- Alison MoeAtlanta$410K
- Maggie SchreckAtlanta$389K
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.