Richard Thomas, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Gainesville, GANPI 1225297237
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,525 of the $2,916 with a category attached, or 86.6%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 48.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $984 and has fallen 88.0% since, to $119 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic trauma clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $14,838.
Across 48 payments — averaging $60.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Stryker$611
- Zimvie Inc.$238
- Smith+Nephew$220
- Acumed LLC$120
- Johnson & Johnson$103
- plus $223 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$29710%
- Food & beverage$2,52587%
- Education$943%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 13 | $1,400 |
| Stryker | 6 | $611 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 5 | $238 |
| Smith+Nephew | 11 | $220 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $120 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $103 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $45 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $37 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| United Orthopedics LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$2,916 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 28 orthopaedic trauma 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tramadol Hcl | 29 | $261 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 36 | $175 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 28 | $141 |
| Methocarbamol | 16 | $126 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 32 | $111 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 12 | $48 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Gainesville
- Brandon BruceGainesville$15K
- Fernando SernaGainesville$7K
- Greg HerzogGainesville$3K
- Bruce ZiranLawrenceville$2.4M
- William TerrellMarietta$669K
- James BlairAugusta$417K
- Michael MaceroliAtlanta$385K
- Daniel ChanMacon$253K
- Daniel SchlattererAtlanta$69K
- Mara SchenkerAtlanta$59K
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.