Scott Linacre
Surgical · Lawrenceville, GANPI 1295974566
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $13,550 of the $18,766 with a category attached, or 72.2%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 38.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,310, 3.9 times the $1,882 reported in 2021. Among surgical 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 428 payments — averaging $43.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$7K
- Curonix LLC$5K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$3K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$844
- Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC$704
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$606
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,43013%
- Travel & lodging$2,74115%
- Food & beverage$13,55072%
- Education$450%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 110 | $7,277 |
| Curonix LLC | 25 | $4,696 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 218 | $2,510 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 4 | $844 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 8 | $704 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 5 | $606 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $509 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 4 | $425 |
| Stryker | 2 | $289 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 9 | $248 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 9 | $158 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 3 | $150 |
| USWM, LLC | 4 | $89 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $83 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Vertex | 1 | $20 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 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.
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$3,727
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$3,624
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$839
- SYNCHROMEDII$782
- mild Device Kit$752
- Prolate$395
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$306
- RELISTOR$221
- VECTRIS$162
- Accurian$138
- TANLOR$132
- Nalocet$132
- SUPERION$129
- AIMOVIG$121
How this compares
$18,766 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 372 surgical providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| RelistorMethylnaltrexone Bromide | 72 | $192,625 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 42 | $20,060 |
| ZtlidoLidocaine | 35 | $12,901 |
| Lidocaine | 62 | $7,133 |
| Gabapentin | 572 | $6,565 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 42 | $2,713 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 155 | $2,670 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 304 | $2,545 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 250 | $1,822 |
| Celecoxib | 67 | $1,719 |
| Baclofen | 133 | $1,361 |
| Ibuprofen | 62 | $484 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 31 | $431 |
| Meloxicam | 112 | $415 |
| Methocarbamol | 41 | $327 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCRelistor | $2,510 | $192,62572 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 372 surgical providers in Georgia.
Other surgical in Lawrenceville
- Kenneth NorrisLawrenceville$19K
- Richard HeimbeckerLawrenceville$15K
- Ian ThomasLawrenceville$7K
- Lauren EdekerAlpharetta$305K
- Michael BerkeAtlanta$242K
- Emily WatsonAtlanta$150K
- Beretta Craft-CoffmanCanton$30K
- Sarah NayebosadriDuluth$28K
- Steven SnipesAlbany$14K
- Jessica SheppardSnellville$12K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.