RxDoctor Payments Data

Timothy Oswald

Orthopaedic Surgery · Atlanta, GANPI 1114965241

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.8%), royalties or licence payments and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Orthopediatrics Corp. accounts for 94.3% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $87,932 and has fallen 83.6% since, to $14,460 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery 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.

$220,425in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 164 payments — averaging $1344.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Orthopediatrics Corp.$208K
  • Medtronic$5K
  • Globus Medical$4K
  • Alphatec Spine, Inc$3K
  • Zimmer Biomet$150
  • Biocomposites Inc$33
  • plus $20 from 1 others
$2,520in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 4 payments — averaging $630.00 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.

  • Medtronic$3K

What the payments were for

  • Royalty or licence$93,81843%
  • Consulting fees$105,25648%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$7000%
  • Travel & lodging$14,7187%
  • Food & beverage$5,9343%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Orthopediatrics Corp.98$207,941
Medtronic(2 entities)34$5,459
Globus Medical(2 entities)11$3,868
Alphatec Spine, Inc18$2,954
Zimmer Biomet1$150
Biocomposites Inc1$33
Integra Lifesciences Corporation1$20

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

$220,425 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 654 orthopaedic surgery providers in Georgia.

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