Scott Rahimi, MD
Neurological Surgery · Augusta, GANPI 1093939118
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $32,105 of the $39,159 with a category attached, or 82.0%. Collagen Matrix, Inc accounts for 82.0% of it on its own, with 31 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $32,824, 8.9 times the $3,671 reported in 2019.
Across 82 payments — averaging $477.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Collagen Matrix, Inc$32K
- Innovasis Inc$3K
- Microvention, Inc.$1K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$768
- Medtronic$597
- Johnson & Johnson$246
- plus $2K from 26 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $4255.13 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Microvention, Inc.$57K
- Medtronic$16K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$32,10582%
- Speaking & faculty fees$120%
- Travel & lodging$3,82010%
- Food & beverage$3,2228%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collagen Matrix, Inc | 1 | $32,105 |
| Innovasis Inc | 1 | $2,515 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 11 | $1,209 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 7 | $768 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 16 | $597 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $246 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 5 | $235 |
| Stryker | 4 | $189 |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $163 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $96 |
| Leica Microsystems Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $86 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $75 |
| Mindray DS USA, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $60 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 1 | $52 |
| Amgen | 2 | $49 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $49 |
| Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $34 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $27 |
| Biogen | 1 | $27 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $24 |
| Qapel Medical Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $19 |
| Flowonix Medical Incorporated | 1 | $14 |
| Novartis | 1 | $12 |
| Irras USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$39,159 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 201 neurological 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.
Other neurological surgery in Augusta
- Abdulaziz AlmubarakAugusta$82K
- Fernando ValeAugusta$67K
- Ildemaro VolcanAugusta$55K
- Jonathan TuttleAugusta$21K
- Luca DebsAugusta$15K
- Regis HaidAtlanta$25.5M
- John CowanRome$3.2M
- Thomas MorrisonAtlanta$2.8M
- Christopher TomarasAtlanta$1.5M
- Daniel RefaiAtlanta$1.2M
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.