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

BRIAN EDWARD KAUFMAN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1053638783
CMS profile
2055841
Location
AUSTIN, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$43,141.31

  • Reported across 164 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$10,087.14

21 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
Consulting Fee $8,241.60 2
Travel and Lodging $1,160.85 7
Food and Beverage $684.69 12

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $8,396.14 4
DePuy Synthes Products LLC $1,136.97 8
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $492.91 7
Medtronic, Inc. $61.12 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $4,295.26 51
PY2019 $8,331.45 28
PY2020 $126.43 6
PY2021 $16,438.56 28
PY2022 $1,978.97 20
PY2023 $1,883.50 10
PY2024 $10,087.14 21

Payment records · PY2024 (21)

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

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 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
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $274.82 11/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077793341 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $278.10 11/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077793345 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $20.27 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077793329 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $29.44 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077793349 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $155.26 12/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077793321 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $101.11 12/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077793325 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $195.25 12/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077793356 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $82.72 12/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077793336 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $47.45 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077889862 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $36.38 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077889834 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $13.93 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077889872 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $35.92 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077889920 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $153.63 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077889926 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $22.08 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077889830 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $183.52 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077889994 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $73.59 08/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077862991 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $7,211.60 08/22/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077862995 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $80.95 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077863000 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $1,030.00 11/14/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077863004 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $24.47 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117045348 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $36.65 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117045350 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, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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