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

THOMAS R WHISENHUNT

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1275736365
CMS profile
148240
Location
AUBURN, AL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$24,942.29

  • Reported across 157 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,409.92

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 $1,012.66 4
Food and Beverage $397.26 10

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Life Spine, Inc. $1,267.72 9
4WEB, INC. $40.00 1
Medtronic, Inc. $34.40 1
KLS-Martin L.P. $28.42 1
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. $21.01 1
Abbott Laboratories $18.37 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $18,820.80 45
PY2019 $820.43 17
PY2020 $422.08 10
PY2021 $600.20 22
PY2022 $2,323.97 30
PY2023 $544.89 19
PY2024 $1,409.92 14

Payment records · PY2024 (14)

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
4WEB, Inc. $40.00 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143851126 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $18.37 04/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124947912 CMS
KLS-Martin L.P. $28.42 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144949950 CMS
Life Spine, Inc. $26.91 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144944457 CMS
Life Spine, Inc. $666.94 07/30/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144944461 CMS
Life Spine, Inc. $11.75 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144944465 CMS
Life Spine, Inc. $14.87 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144944467 CMS
Life Spine, Inc. $146.13 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144944459 CMS
Life Spine, Inc. $132.95 08/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144944463 CMS
Life Spine, Inc. $144.34 08/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144944469 CMS
Life Spine, Inc. $68.43 08/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144944471 CMS
Life Spine, Inc. $55.40 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144944455 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $34.40 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147032414 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $21.01 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089605543 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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