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

JAMES NICHOLSON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1043251655
CMS profile
273520
Location
EAST SETAUKET, NY

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$1,817.13

  • Reported across 27 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$903.13

10 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
Travel and Lodging $704.19 4
Food and Beverage $198.94 6

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $903.13 10

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $76.83 1
PY2019 $28.51 1
PY2022 $351.16 6
PY2023 $457.50 9
PY2024 $903.13 10

Payment records · PY2024 (10)

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
Stryker Corporation $16.52 02/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119929922 CMS
Stryker Corporation $71.76 02/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119929924 CMS
Stryker Corporation $21.21 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119929926 CMS
Stryker Corporation $7.98 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119929928 CMS
Stryker Corporation $222.02 02/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119929930 CMS
Stryker Corporation $191.88 02/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119929932 CMS
Stryker Corporation $231.90 02/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119929934 CMS
Stryker Corporation $58.39 02/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119929936 CMS
Stryker Corporation $40.34 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119929938 CMS
Stryker Corporation $41.13 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119929940 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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