William Dasher, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Macon, GANPI 1275616369
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 28.3% of the total. 2024 is the largest year on record at $1,483, 5.1 times the $292 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $16,983.
Across 34 payments — averaging $70.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$678
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$552
- Stryker$452
- Boston Scientific$221
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$150
- Benvenue Medical Inc$73
- plus $265 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,15848%
- Food & beverage$1,23352%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical | 4 | $678 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $552 |
| Stryker | 4 | $452 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $221 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Benvenue Medical Inc | 1 | $73 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $59 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $43 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $41 |
| Amgen | 1 | $33 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $21 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| Paradigm Spine, LLC | 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
$2,391 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 57 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Georgia.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 196 | $1,450 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 121 | $823 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 113 | $713 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 118 | $677 |
| Pregabalin | 21 | $384 |
| Meloxicam | 119 | $344 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 101 | $245 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 31 | $184 |
| Mupirocin | 16 | $154 |
| Methylprednisolone | 33 | $148 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 24 | $125 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 14 | $84 |
| Methocarbamol | 11 | $79 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 48 | $58 |
| Diazepam | 52 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Macon
- Winston JeshuranMacon$176K
- John HellerAtlanta$4.2M
- Scott BodenAtlanta$1.5M
- Justin BundyAugusta$1.4M
- John RheeAtlanta$1.1M
- Tapan DaftariAustell$759K
- Brad PrybisStockbridge$659K
- Paul JeffordsAtlanta$651K
- Raphael RoybalSavannah$400K
- Hewatt SimsDouglas$376K
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.