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

RICHARD A NIX

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1295727154
CMS profile
148967
Location
LITTLE ROCK, AR

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$11,861.71

  • Reported across 239 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,879.61

30 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 $942.18 3
Food and Beverage $937.43 27

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $1,718.01 22
Amgen Inc. $83.04 5
Bioventus LLC $51.97 2
Sanara MedTech Inc. $26.59 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $4,143.21 61
PY2019 $1,279.60 33
PY2020 $609.27 31
PY2021 $1,337.50 44
PY2022 $2,180.95 24
PY2023 $431.57 16
PY2024 $1,879.61 30

Payment records · PY2024 (30)

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
Amgen Inc. $14.30 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115972853 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.79 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115972859 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.04 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115972865 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.87 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115972871 CMS
Amgen Inc. $23.04 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117642341 CMS
Bioventus LLC $38.10 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137446276 CMS
Bioventus LLC $13.87 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137446278 CMS
Sanara MedTech Inc. $26.59 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154927253 CMS
Stryker Corporation $10.98 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930570 CMS
Stryker Corporation $6.13 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930572 CMS
Stryker Corporation $157.28 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930574 CMS
Stryker Corporation $53.86 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930576 CMS
Stryker Corporation $17.09 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930578 CMS
Stryker Corporation $11.30 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930580 CMS
Stryker Corporation $13.20 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930582 CMS
Stryker Corporation $11.30 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930584 CMS
Stryker Corporation $25.00 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930586 CMS
Stryker Corporation $512.96 08/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930588 CMS
Stryker Corporation $26.83 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930590 CMS
Stryker Corporation $33.64 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930592 CMS
Stryker Corporation $37.59 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930594 CMS
Stryker Corporation $67.09 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930596 CMS
Stryker Corporation $81.32 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930598 CMS
Stryker Corporation $161.29 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930600 CMS
Stryker Corporation $22.33 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930602 CMS
Stryker Corporation $223.61 08/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930604 CMS
Stryker Corporation $13.69 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930606 CMS
Stryker Corporation $205.61 08/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930608 CMS
Stryker Corporation $13.29 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930610 CMS
Stryker Corporation $12.62 12/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119930612 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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