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

CAREY STUART POLITZER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1245736743
CMS profile
7228696
Location
BETHESDA, MD

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$3,568.30

  • Reported across 26 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,006.21

14 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 $1,105.67 3
Food and Beverage $900.54 11

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $1,177.42 4
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $240.87 2
Stryker Corporation $228.53 3
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $209.24 3
Amgen Inc. $110.01 1
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $40.14 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $867.00 1
PY2021 $129.30 1
PY2022 $348.96 7
PY2023 $216.83 3
PY2024 $2,006.21 14

Payment records · PY2024 (14)

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

Program year 2024 2019202120222023 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
Amgen Inc. $110.01 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117657501 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $74.60 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077853913 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $129.24 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077853992 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $5.40 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077854000 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $40.14 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077787866 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $71.75 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149593109 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $450.48 10/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149593115 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $359.84 10/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149593113 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $295.35 10/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149593111 CMS
Stryker Corporation $43.96 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119947648 CMS
Stryker Corporation $135.06 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119947650 CMS
Stryker Corporation $49.51 07/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119947652 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $183.27 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155016953 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $57.60 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155016957 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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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