Phani Dantuluri, MD
Hand Surgery · Atlanta, GANPI 1093751133
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $102,844 of the $119,767 with a category attached, or 85.9%. Stryker accounts for 95.2% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $57,770 and has fallen 80.6% since, to $11,213 in 2025. Among hand surgery clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 136 payments — averaging $880.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$114K
- United Orthopedics LLC$4K
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- Arthrex$260
- Encore Medical, LP$173
- Acumed LLC$135
- plus $29 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$102,84486%
- Travel & lodging$10,2649%
- Food & beverage$3,0433%
- Education$3,6163%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 119 | $114,003 |
| United Orthopedics LLC | 4 | $4,104 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $1,063 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $260 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 2 | $173 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $135 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $18 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, 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.
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$36,036
- SIMPLICITI$32,438
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$29,250
- BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM$18,864
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$9,469
- AEQUALIS$6,375
- PERFORM GLENOID$5,588
- TORNIER PERFORM REVERSED AUGMENTED GLENOID$4,125
- TORNIER PERFORM REVERSED GLENOID$3,563
- TORNIER PERFORM ANATOMIC AUGMENTED GLENOID$2,813
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$1,125
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$978
- Mini-Open Latarjet$513
- Q-FIX$464
- INFINITY$181
- NA$149
- Acu-Loc/Acu-Loc 2 Wrist Plating System$135
- Acutrak/Acutrak 2 Screws - Micro, Mini, Std, Fusion$135
- Hand Plates$135
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$101
How this compares
$119,767 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 77 hand 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 67 | $676 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 48 | $487 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 13 | $165 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 21 | $164 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 46 | $143 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $107 |
| Meloxicam | 21 | $71 |
| Indomethacin | 11 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Atlanta
- Eric WagnerAtlanta$173K
- Travis LittletonAtlanta$35K
- Nicole ZelenskiAtlanta$34K
- James SprattAtlanta$18K
- Jim RoderiqueAtlanta$14K
- Bryce GillespieAtlanta$10K
- Andy ChangAtlanta$7K
- Randall AlexanderAtlanta$7K
- Catphuong VuAtlanta$3K
- Obinwanne UgwonaliAtlanta$3K
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.