Richard Kaufman
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Roswell, GANPI 1255714945
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (28.4%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 43 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.1%. 2025 is the largest year on record at $9,977, more than ten times the $424 reported in 2019. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 259 payments — averaging $97.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mimedx Group, Inc.$6K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$4K
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$3K
- Triad Life Sciences Inc.$2K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$2K
- United Orthopedics LLC$2K
- plus $5K from 37 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,24621%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,63722%
- Travel & lodging$4,98620%
- Food & beverage$7,16528%
- Education$2,2029%
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.
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.
- TrueLok$2,430
- InnovaMatrix AC$2,396
- Lapiplasty System$2,011
- TL-HEX TRUELOK HEXAPOD SYSTEM$700
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$551
- Stravix$509
- INTEGRA$418
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$311
- ANKLE HINDFOOT NAILING SYSTEM$286
- Grafix$254
- TRUELOK EVO$250
- CANNULATED SCREWS$203
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$198
- Magellan$184
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$184
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$184
- Omnia$146
- Grafix XC$144
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$139
- PRIMATRIX$139
How this compares
$25,236 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 239 foot & ankle 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 | 51 | $313 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 33 | $267 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $168 |
| Gabapentin | 22 | $164 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 14 | $122 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 13 | $61 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Roswell
- Lance SilvermanRoswell$20K
- Paris PaytonRoswell$7K
- Robert WeinsteinFayetteville$394K
- Jason BariteauAtlanta$199K
- Scott RomanPeachtree City$118K
- Jeffrey FlashForest Park$114K
- Mickey StappThomson$110K
- David MurphyWaycross$55K
- Rishin KadakiaAtlanta$53K
- Javan BassLithonia$43K
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.