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

MERRITT THOMPSON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1295466159
CMS profile
11329576
Location
AUGUSTA, GA

General Payments · PY2022–2024

$3,963.32

  • Reported across 51 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,686.19

36 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 $2,364.69 35
Education $321.50 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2022 $44.47 2
PY2023 $1,232.66 13
PY2024 $2,686.19 36

Payment records · PY2024 (36)

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

Program year 2024 20222023 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. $135.89 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144156073 CMS
Cerapedics Inc. $128.74 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133358857 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $57.94 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077830789 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $34.32 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077830928 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $34.72 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077830252 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $120.96 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077830751 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $35.54 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077830913 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $63.72 04/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077830510 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $69.20 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077830541 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $33.22 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077830278 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $34.24 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077830634 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $31.80 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077831305 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $27.77 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077830557 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $8.35 07/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077831046 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $126.63 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077830507 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $25.32 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077831005 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $38.49 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077831286 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $26.88 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077831238 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $36.05 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077830413 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $117.28 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077830615 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $23.63 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145018825 CMS
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $120.32 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147250171 CMS
Intrinsic Therapeutics $160.50 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144701778 CMS
Intrinsic Therapeutics $144.23 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144702248 CMS
LifeNet Health $123.64 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153024976 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $321.50 01/08/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077777802 CMS
Next Science LLC $133.09 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147392504 CMS
PolyNovo North America LLC $24.40 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148186285 CMS
PolyNovo North America LLC $26.91 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148186287 CMS
Solventum Corporation $16.69 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144070288 CMS
Solventum Corporation $12.91 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144070290 CMS
Solventum Corporation $127.77 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144070286 CMS
Spine Wave, Inc. $88.74 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147194637 CMS
Spine Wave, Inc. $104.17 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147194639 CMS
Stryker Corporation $13.35 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119998002 CMS
Team 1, Llc $57.28 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126725244 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
2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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