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Covered recipient · General Payments record

CHRISTOPHER L HAMILL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1164495446
CMS profile
188514
Location
BUFFALO, NY

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$794,766.49

  • Reported across 307 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$334,631.54

47 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
Royalty or License $293,115.11 12
Consulting Fee $32,500.00 3
Travel and Lodging $7,618.58 14
Food and Beverage $1,397.85 18

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Alphatec Spine, Inc $334,489.34 45
Cerapedics Inc. $142.20 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $5,211.42 42
PY2019 $22,367.09 59
PY2020 $43,347.90 33
PY2021 $10,631.62 41
PY2022 $151,202.07 47
PY2023 $227,374.85 38
PY2024 $334,631.54 47

Payment records · PY2024 (47)

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
Alphatec Spine, Inc $84.81 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488090 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $42.09 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488086 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $75,900.00 01/15/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148020190 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $94.61 02/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095487938 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $476.00 02/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488018 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $51,989.05 02/27/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095487958 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $916.80 02/27/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095487960 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $154.48 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488088 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $328.00 03/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488022 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $13,500.00 04/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095487932 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $62.50 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488084 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.00 04/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488044 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $15.00 04/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488046 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $1,950.33 04/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488048 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $774.72 04/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488050 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.00 04/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488052 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $50,568.04 05/21/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095487970 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $117.60 05/21/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095487972 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $840.63 05/21/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095487974 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $147.23 06/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488094 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $356.00 07/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488028 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $650.16 07/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095487942 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $9,000.00 07/25/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095487946 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $135.25 07/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095487948 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.00 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488104 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $96.46 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488106 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $13.69 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488108 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $27.51 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488110 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $200.79 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488114 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $53,289.39 08/28/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095487984 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $78.23 08/28/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095487986 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $327.16 08/28/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095487988 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $1,782.35 09/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488076 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $48.75 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488112 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $125.40 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488294 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $650.16 10/31/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095487992 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $137.52 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488296 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $10,000.00 11/07/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095487996 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $356.00 11/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488032 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $26.10 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488126 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.40 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488290 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $57,993.65 11/20/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488008 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $54.60 11/20/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488010 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $1,039.96 11/20/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488012 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $37.92 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488124 CMS
Cerapedics Inc. $31.10 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133356780 CMS
Cerapedics Inc. $111.10 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133356782 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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