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Covered recipient · General Payments record

CAROLYN MEINERZ

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1134624026
CMS profile
7229357
Location
MILWAUKEE, WI

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$24,564.79

  • Reported across 86 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$16,239.78

54 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
Grant $12,500.00 2
Food and Beverage $2,604.27 50
Travel and Lodging $1,135.51 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Arthrex, Inc. $10,000.00 1
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $2,500.00 1
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $1,206.24 24
Synthes GmbH $1,135.51 2
Stryker Corporation $765.62 18
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $429.66 6
Medinc of Texas $202.75 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $3,229.97 4
PY2022 $1,207.32 12
PY2023 $3,887.72 16
PY2024 $16,239.78 54

Payment records · PY2024 (54)

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

Program year 2024 201920222023 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
Arthrex, Inc. $10,000.00 03/19/2024 Grant Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146544008 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $115.30 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902010 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $29.63 02/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902080 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $30.35 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902034 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $12.33 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902048 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $93.95 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902042 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $45.72 03/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077901948 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $23.39 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902038 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $27.97 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077901998 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $34.71 03/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902046 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $52.04 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077901978 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $41.30 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902032 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $40.52 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902022 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $17.08 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902058 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $43.55 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077901992 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $46.75 05/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902052 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $48.54 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902008 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $47.43 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902068 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $27.58 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902018 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $135.91 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902036 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $139.40 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902012 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $74.86 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902066 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $36.69 07/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902054 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $10.88 07/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902072 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $30.36 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902050 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $61.10 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077845827 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $106.93 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077845952 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $73.46 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077846085 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $45.83 06/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077845814 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $61.10 06/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077845896 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $81.24 06/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077846029 CMS
Medinc of Texas $124.40 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125028215 CMS
Medinc of Texas $78.35 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125028222 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $2,500.00 01/25/2024 Grant Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149599632 CMS
Stryker Corporation $26.04 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914266 CMS
Stryker Corporation $88.63 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914268 CMS
Stryker Corporation $25.20 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914270 CMS
Stryker Corporation $110.47 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914272 CMS
Stryker Corporation $51.28 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914274 CMS
Stryker Corporation $29.62 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914276 CMS
Stryker Corporation $28.72 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914278 CMS
Stryker Corporation $40.76 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914280 CMS
Stryker Corporation $170.41 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914282 CMS
Stryker Corporation $16.87 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914284 CMS
Stryker Corporation $6.07 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914286 CMS
Stryker Corporation $39.92 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914288 CMS
Stryker Corporation $34.92 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914290 CMS
Stryker Corporation $1.87 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914292 CMS
Stryker Corporation $22.97 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914294 CMS
Stryker Corporation $20.72 07/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914296 CMS
Stryker Corporation $7.89 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914298 CMS
Stryker Corporation $43.26 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119914300 CMS
Synthes GmbH $842.31 01/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077581598 CMS
Synthes GmbH $293.20 01/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077581606 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
2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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