Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

CHRISTOPHER J ELDER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Psychiatry & Neurology Epilepsy

NPI
1033553979
CMS profile
5704919
Location
NEW YORK, NY

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$26,979.49

  • Reported across 38 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$9,487.97

13 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Honoraria $8,500.00 5
Food and Beverage $705.97 7
Travel and Lodging $282.00 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
SK Life Science, Inc. $9,274.53 10
NEUROPACE, INC. $138.38 1
UCB, Inc. $52.55 1
Medtronic, Inc. $22.51 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $48.55 1
PY2019 $299.42 3
PY2022 $104.87 1
PY2023 $17,038.68 20
PY2024 $9,487.97 13

Payment records · PY2024 (13)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 2018201920222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Medtronic, Inc. $22.51 05/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036981 CMS
NEUROPACE, INC. $138.38 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153275626 CMS
SK Life Science, Inc. $425.00 03/22/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154110915 CMS
SK Life Science, Inc. $1,700.00 04/04/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154110875 CMS
SK Life Science, Inc. $131.03 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154110829 CMS
SK Life Science, Inc. $119.40 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154110923 CMS
SK Life Science, Inc. $2,125.00 10/21/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154110943 CMS
SK Life Science, Inc. $282.00 10/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154110925 CMS
SK Life Science, Inc. $101.75 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154110927 CMS
SK Life Science, Inc. $2,550.00 10/22/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154110941 CMS
SK Life Science, Inc. $1,700.00 10/24/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154110939 CMS
SK Life Science, Inc. $140.35 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154110945 CMS
UCB, Inc. $52.55 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143412378 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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