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Covered recipient · General Payments record

GEORGE A MEARS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

NPI
1114492626
CMS profile
5692259
Location
KNOXVILLE, TN

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$3,195.53

  • Reported across 141 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,388.04

56 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.

Related groups: Pain Medicine TN All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,388.04 56

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $519.40 31
Nevro Corp. $285.73 6
Abbott Laboratories $232.38 8
Medtronic, Inc. $180.73 2
TerSera Therapeutics LLC $41.83 2
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $34.87 2
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $28.59 1
Averitas Pharma Inc. $20.57 1
Kyowa Kirin, Inc. $15.57 1
ConvaTec Inc. $15.18 1
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. $13.19 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $199.52 12
PY2022 $720.16 29
PY2023 $887.81 44
PY2024 $1,388.04 56

Payment records · PY2024 (56)

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

Program year 2024 202120222023 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
Abbott Laboratories $13.24 02/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124852532 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $18.57 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124852534 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $18.40 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124852536 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $7.59 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124852538 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $143.63 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124852540 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $11.46 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124852546 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $11.89 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124852542 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $7.60 11/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124852544 CMS
Averitas Pharma Inc. $20.57 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133465122 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $6.00 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471239 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $4.74 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471231 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $32.06 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471277 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $26.27 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471273 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $7.88 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471243 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $7.02 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471241 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $4.12 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471229 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $2.68 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471223 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.33 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471259 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.72 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471261 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $20.03 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471265 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $21.45 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471269 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $54.16 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471281 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $25.21 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471271 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.84 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471257 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $4.91 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471233 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $12.16 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471253 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $20.03 07/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471267 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $10.80 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471251 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $19.02 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471263 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $10.64 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471249 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $28.40 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471275 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $5.64 08/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471237 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $8.02 09/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471245 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $55.30 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471283 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $8.16 10/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471247 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $49.44 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471279 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $3.95 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471227 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $13.07 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471255 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $5.57 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471235 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $3.78 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471225 CMS
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. $13.19 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135214249 CMS
ConvaTec Inc. $15.18 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151391967 CMS
Kyowa Kirin, Inc. $15.57 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127049789 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $158.59 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117075461 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $22.14 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117075463 CMS
Nevro Corp. $50.00 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130743050 CMS
Nevro Corp. $16.81 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130742998 CMS
Nevro Corp. $31.82 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130743042 CMS
Nevro Corp. $51.25 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130743044 CMS
Nevro Corp. $16.82 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130743048 CMS
Nevro Corp. $119.03 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130743046 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $28.59 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081870784 CMS
TerSera Therapeutics LLC $22.57 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144721099 CMS
TerSera Therapeutics LLC $19.26 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144721101 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $17.43 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105919080 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $17.44 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105911550 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
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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