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

DEREK CASPER WHITAKER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1194791707
CMS profile
8617
Location
AUGUSTA, GA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,677.06

  • Reported across 50 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$949.88

15 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
Food and Beverage $918.21 14
Travel and Lodging $31.67 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $355.06 5
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $166.68 4
Bone Support Inc. $135.90 1
Next Science LLC $133.09 1
Spine Wave, Inc. $88.74 1
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $55.45 2
ConvaTec Inc. $14.96 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $200.63 3
PY2019 $607.21 9
PY2020 $127.38 4
PY2021 $101.26 4
PY2022 $179.10 4
PY2023 $511.60 11
PY2024 $949.88 15

Payment records · PY2024 (15)

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
Bone Support Inc. $135.90 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144156101 CMS
ConvaTec Inc. $14.96 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151386922 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $69.20 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077830514 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $34.24 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077831241 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $31.67 09/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077830117 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $31.57 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077830128 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $24.26 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137518247 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $31.19 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137518251 CMS
Next Science LLC $133.09 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147392334 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $119.69 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149517447 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $36.77 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149517445 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $36.62 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149517443 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $33.02 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149517441 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $128.96 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149517449 CMS
Spine Wave, Inc. $88.74 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147194699 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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