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

JOSEPH KARAM

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1174866917
CMS profile
1388339
Location
CHICAGO, IL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$6,454.45

  • Reported across 70 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,652.76

22 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
Travel and Lodging $1,569.54 7
Food and Beverage $1,083.22 15

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $21.74 1
PY2019 $869.88 8
PY2020 $1,054.66 11
PY2021 $283.53 4
PY2022 $495.51 8
PY2023 $1,076.37 16
PY2024 $2,652.76 22

Payment records · PY2024 (22)

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
Globus Medical, Inc. $13.25 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145024457 CMS
Innovation Technologies Inc $111.24 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130821606 CMS
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $76.61 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140107501 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $66.19 04/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149559077 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $456.56 04/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149559085 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $803.50 04/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149559087 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $152.52 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149559081 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $195.00 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149559083 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $57.50 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149559075 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $82.50 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149559079 CMS
Stryker Corporation $25.25 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119872777 CMS
Stryker Corporation $148.75 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119872779 CMS
Stryker Corporation $124.49 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119872781 CMS
Stryker Corporation $13.20 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119872783 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $23.90 08/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155026260 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $10.35 08/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155026262 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $10.35 08/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155026264 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $198.69 08/29/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155026258 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $13.00 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155026338 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $18.00 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155026340 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $25.13 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155026342 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $26.78 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155026344 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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