Tiphani James, DPM
Podiatrist · Macon, GANPI 1700239332
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (35.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 40.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,142 and has fallen 58.8% since, to $1,293 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 119 payments — averaging $117.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$6K
- Great Lakes Orthopedics$4K
- Arthrex$2K
- Medline Industries LP$1K
- Smith+Nephew$105
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$102
- plus $516 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,88735%
- Food & beverage$4,61533%
- Education$4,43932%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 55 | $5,603 |
| Great Lakes Orthopedics | 8 | $4,024 |
| Arthrex | 26 | $2,346 |
| Medline Industries LP | 8 | $1,245 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $105 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $102 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $100 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $95 |
| Enduromed, LLC | 2 | $66 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $56 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $48 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $34 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| International Life Sciences | 1 | $23 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Organogenesis 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.
- HOFFMANN$579
- PROstep$565
- T2$502
- SALVATION$498
- VARIAX$386
- PRIME SERIES$356
- PROPHECY$317
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$285
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$279
- ANCHORAGE$277
- FIXOS$277
- ASNIS$277
- STAR$230
- INFINITY$122
- PREVENA$100
How this compares
$13,941 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 177 podiatrist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Econazole Nitrate | 13 | $643 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 16 | $379 |
| Ciclopirox | 11 | $256 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $237 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 33 | $163 |
| Cephalexin | 53 | $127 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 19 | $102 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $90 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 18 | $49 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $30 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 11 | $27 |
| Meloxicam | 16 | $18 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Macon
- Allen RaphaelSmyrna$324K
- Ira KrausFort Oglethorpe$223K
- Stephen BarrettMarietta$82K
- Mohammad SharifAtlanta$79K
- Craig CamastaAtlanta$49K
- Ryan FitzgeraldCanton$43K
- Margo JimenezAtlanta$19K
- Samantha MinerSmyrna$17K
- Robson SpinolaJesup$15K
- Christopher CorwinJohns Creek$15K
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.