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

MATTHEW ALEXANDER FOLLETT

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine

NPI
1316443849
CMS profile
8803705
Location
CHULA VISTA, CA

General Payments · PY2020–2024

$15,605.10

  • Reported across 56 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$8,365.48

31 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 $6,634.76 10
Food and Beverage $1,730.72 21

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Alphatec Spine, Inc $3,930.58 7
Synthes GmbH $2,450.00 2
Medtronic, Inc. $520.57 6
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $518.68 6
Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc $252.94 3
Centinel Spine, LLC $238.96 1
Cerapedics Inc. $191.45 2
Stryker Corporation $145.00 1
Carbofix Spine Inc $99.56 2
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $17.74 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2020 $1,672.44 2
PY2021 $1,225.35 2
PY2022 $1,516.05 5
PY2023 $2,825.78 16
PY2024 $8,365.48 31

Payment records · PY2024 (31)

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

Program year 2024 2020202120222023 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
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.00 02/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095495986 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $2,232.61 02/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095495988 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $182.00 04/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095495960 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.00 05/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095496000 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $1,079.89 05/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095496002 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $356.00 07/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095495972 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $30.08 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095496072 CMS
Carbofix Spine Inc $78.35 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146332422 CMS
Carbofix Spine Inc $21.21 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146332440 CMS
Centinel Spine, LLC $238.96 10/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133892070 CMS
Cerapedics Inc. $146.15 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133356580 CMS
Cerapedics Inc. $45.30 08/29/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133356582 CMS
Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc $50.00 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139157357 CMS
Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc $180.31 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139157359 CMS
Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc $22.63 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139157361 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $150.44 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157251 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $46.65 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157253 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $35.21 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157255 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $27.26 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157257 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $144.34 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157259 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $116.67 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157261 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $79.88 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127605782 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $192.22 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127605784 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $60.41 11/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127605786 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $65.91 11/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127605792 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $43.37 11/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127605798 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $76.89 11/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127605804 CMS
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $17.74 11/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151253714 CMS
Stryker Corporation $145.00 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119829113 CMS
Synthes GmbH $1,051.21 04/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077576680 CMS
Synthes GmbH $1,398.79 04/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077576682 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
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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