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

VERDINAND CHRISTIAN BELTRAN RUELOS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1285324848
CMS profile
11437473
Location
GALVESTON, TX

General Payments · PY2023–2024

$1,523.62

  • Reported across 18 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$774.26

10 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 $774.26 10

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $304.76 6
AXOGEN $291.15 2
Amgen Inc. $147.69 1
Acera Surgical, Inc. $30.66 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2023 $749.36 8
PY2024 $774.26 10

Payment records · PY2024 (10)

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

Program year 2024 2023 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
Acera Surgical, Inc. $30.66 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152411696 CMS
Amgen Inc. $147.69 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116072873 CMS
AXOGEN $145.72 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143637369 CMS
AXOGEN $145.43 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143641602 CMS
Stryker Corporation $14.29 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963653 CMS
Stryker Corporation $24.31 03/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963655 CMS
Stryker Corporation $95.86 03/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963657 CMS
Stryker Corporation $35.13 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963659 CMS
Stryker Corporation $7.14 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963661 CMS
Stryker Corporation $128.03 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963663 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
2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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