Paul Ghareeb, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Atlanta, GANPI 1215370432
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Micromed Inc at 27.7% of the total.
Across 30 payments — averaging $138.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Micromed Inc$1K
- United Orthopedics LLC$536
- Axogen$445
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$423
- AbbVie$330
- Mesh Suture Inc$199
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,46559%
- Education$1,68741%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Micromed Inc | 1 | $1,151 |
| United Orthopedics LLC | 1 | $536 |
| Axogen | 2 | $445 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 7 | $423 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $330 |
| Mesh Suture Inc | 2 | $199 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $198 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $153 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Biocircuit Technologies Inc | 1 | $107 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $84 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $79 |
| Stryker | 3 | $63 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 3 | $39 |
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.
- Kerecis SurgiClose$793
- INTEGRA$763
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$432
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$254
- Kerecis GraftGuide$198
- Duramesh$182
- Phasix Mesh$153
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$147
- Motiva Implant Matrix$125
- PRIMATRIX$123
- XIAFLEX$111
- Ovitex$107
- Nerve Tape$107
How this compares
$4,152 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 83 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Georgia.
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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 | 36 | $184 |
| Gabapentin | 46 | $129 |
| Ibuprofen | 49 | $100 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 38 | $86 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 42 | $51 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 17 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in Atlanta
- Carmen KavaliAtlanta$233K
- James NamnoumAtlanta$97K
- Michael MirzabeigiAtlanta$71K
- Katherine SantosaAtlanta$65K
- Alexis TashimaAtlanta$22K
- Kristin BoehmAtlanta$18K
- Grace MaAtlanta$17K
- Lindsey WebbAtlanta$10K
- Mark CrispinAtlanta$6K
- Joseph WilliamsAtlanta$5K
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.