Phillip Walton, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Lawrenceville, GANPI 1770710204
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.2%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 51.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,538 and has fallen 78.5% since, to $331 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $3,375.
Across 54 payments — averaging $74.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$233
- Trilliant Surgical LLC.$165
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$161
- United Orthopedics LLC$133
- plus $160 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$57214%
- Food & beverage$2,02950%
- Education$1,44136%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 30 | $2,088 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 13 | $1,102 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $233 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $165 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $161 |
| United Orthopedics LLC | 3 | $133 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Vertex | 1 | $32 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $29 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $14 |
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.
- PROstep$328
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$275
- INBONE$249
- Arsenal Ankle 10 Hole 1/3 Tubular Plate$165
- CLARIX$161
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS PERCUTANEOUS FOOT SURGERY SU BURRS$108
How this compares
$4,042 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 21 | $341 |
| Meloxicam | 74 | $265 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 40 | $233 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 39 | $193 |
| Cefadroxil | 31 | $171 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 12 | $137 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $108 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $97 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $92 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 14 | $55 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Lawrenceville
- Tuan BuiLawrenceville$202K
- Kellie MiddletonLawrenceville$54K
- 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
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.