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

DAVID M BEARD

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Hand Surgery

NPI
1053376079
CMS profile
876908
Location
FARGO, ND

General Payments · PY2018–2023

$8,479.09

  • Reported across 33 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2023

$5,225.21

11 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

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Consulting Fee $3,719.88 1
Travel and Lodging $1,343.83 5
Food and Beverage $161.50 5

By paying entity

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Synthes USA Products LLC $5,155.07 9
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $53.38 1
Stryker Corporation $16.76 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,888.45 19
PY2021 $1,315.05 2
PY2022 $50.38 1
PY2023 $5,225.21 11

Payment records · PY2023 (11)

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

Program year 2023 201820212022 Record-level detail is published for PY2023; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $53.38 05/10/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 991009923 CMS
Stryker Corporation $16.76 07/20/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1006345457 CMS
Synthes USA Products LLC $612.90 05/10/2023 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 990808845 CMS
Synthes USA Products LLC $152.63 05/10/2023 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 990808849 CMS
Synthes USA Products LLC $180.43 05/10/2023 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 990808855 CMS
Synthes USA Products LLC $289.26 05/11/2023 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 990808861 CMS
Synthes USA Products LLC $21.12 05/11/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 990808867 CMS
Synthes USA Products LLC $19.81 05/11/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 990808873 CMS
Synthes USA Products LLC $108.61 05/26/2023 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 990809073 CMS
Synthes USA Products LLC $50.43 05/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 990809079 CMS
Synthes USA Products LLC $3,719.88 05/26/2023 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 990809085 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, 2021, 2022, 2023
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2023_P01232026_01102026.csv

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