Zachary Farley
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Buford, GANPI 1114331436
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.7%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 44 manufacturers reported payments, led by United Orthopedics LLC at 30.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,935 and has fallen 51.9% since, to $931 in 2025.
Across 138 payments — averaging $57.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- United Orthopedics LLC$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$1K
- Arthrex$830
- Medline Industries LP$379
- Smith+Nephew$366
- Stryker$236
- plus $3K from 38 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7279%
- Food & beverage$4,07552%
- Education$3,07939%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| United Orthopedics LLC | 5 | $2,406 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 15 | $1,020 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $830 |
| Medline Industries LP | 3 | $379 |
| Smith+Nephew | 23 | $366 |
| Stryker | 5 | $236 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $213 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 2 | $173 |
| Acumed LLC | 3 | $155 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $149 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 3 | $146 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $142 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $100 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $94 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $93 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 4 | $92 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 2 | $86 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $85 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 4 | $83 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $75 |
| Summ Cott Medical | 1 | $71 |
| Abbott | 3 | $69 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $68 |
| Vertex | 2 | $67 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Osteomed LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $38 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $37 |
| Avitus Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $28 |
| Surgenex LLC | 1 | $27 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $15 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- SALTO TALARIS TOTAL ANKLE PROSTHESIS$640
- CADENCE ANKLE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM$640
- HALLU-LOCK$305
- PANTA NAIL$305
- TOTAL FOOT SYSTEM$305
- 5MS$301
- CoLag$153
- NeoSpan$153
- CoLink$153
- TriWay TTC Nail$153
- COLINK 2$149
- COLINK MINI$149
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$148
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$126
- ACUMED$118
- Precision MIS Bunion$115
How this compares
$7,881 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 239 foot & ankle 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 143 | $644 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 71 | $570 |
| Ketoconazole | 46 | $514 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 52 | $427 |
| Cephalexin | 95 | $390 |
| Meloxicam | 115 | $214 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 31 | $197 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 40 | $179 |
| Mupirocin | 24 | $176 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 16 | $152 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 42 | $147 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $87 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 36 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Buford
- Robert WeinsteinFayetteville$394K
- Jason BariteauAtlanta$199K
- Scott RomanPeachtree City$118K
- Jeffrey FlashForest Park$114K
- Mickey StappThomson$110K
- David MurphyWaycross$55K
- Rishin KadakiaAtlanta$53K
- Javan BassLithonia$43K
- Bhavin MehtaAtlanta$43K
- Corbett ThigpenAugusta$41K
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.