Robert O'Connell, MD
Sports Medicine · Carrollton, GANPI 1063832020
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (51.3%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 44.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $36,508 and has fallen 89.8% since, to $3,710 in 2025. Among sports medicine 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 143 payments — averaging $482.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$31K
- Smith+Nephew$19K
- Fortis Surgical, LLC$12K
- ALON Medical Technology$3K
- Stryker$2K
- United Orthopedics LLC$1K
- plus $901 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,5004%
- Grants$20,00029%
- Travel & lodging$5,9629%
- Food & beverage$5,1697%
- Education$35,40651%
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 | 29 | $30,536 |
| Smith+Nephew | 36 | $19,269 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 28 | $11,919 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 2 | $2,893 |
| Stryker | 27 | $2,249 |
| United Orthopedics LLC | 4 | $1,270 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 3 | $367 |
| Vericel Corporation | 5 | $266 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $126 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $63 |
| Vertex | 2 | $41 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Moximed, Inc | 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.
- Q-FIX$1,153
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$1,024
- MICRORAPTOR$670
- BIOCLEANSE ACHILLES TENDON$305
- Regeneten$252
- T2$251
- NA$208
- The Pink Hip Kit - Smith & Nephew Table$190
- HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET$167
- ULTRABUTTON$146
- CAP-FIX$145
- PINK HIP KIT$145
- Q-FIX Hip$145
- Accu-pass$145
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$145
- Acufex$137
- Healicoil$132
- MICRORAPTOR Knotless Anchor$132
- ICONIX$125
- MAKO$112
How this compares
$69,037 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 168 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 75 | $682 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 158 | $546 |
| Celecoxib | 45 | $421 |
| Meloxicam | 146 | $379 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 33 | $233 |
| Methylprednisolone | 39 | $227 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 18 | $202 |
| Mupirocin | 34 | $187 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 34 | $130 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 33 | $115 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $68 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Carrollton
- Kevin CharronCarrollton$33K
- Shomari RuffinCarrollton$9K
- John XerogeanesAtlanta$4M
- Joseph BurnsAlpharetta$376K
- Sameh LabibBrookhaven$280K
- Spero KarasAtlanta$137K
- Xavier DuraldeAtlanta$77K
- Thomas MyersAtlanta$72K
- Elan GolanSnellville$57K
- Taylor PolanderJesup$48K
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.