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

CHRISTOPHER W V SCHUMACHER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1356635619
CMS profile
16531
Location
READING, PA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$6,114.98

  • Reported across 40 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,386.36

17 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 $982.75 6
Food and Beverage $403.61 11

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Novus Surgical Consultants $1,077.39 12
Arthrex, Inc. $277.65 4
Stryker Corporation $31.32 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $87.40 1
PY2020 $350.00 1
PY2021 $41.86 1
PY2022 $4,249.36 20
PY2024 $1,386.36 17

Payment records · PY2024 (17)

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

Program year 2024 2018202020212022 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
Arthrex, Inc. $238.65 11/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146555222 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $24.00 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146555216 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146555218 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146555220 CMS
Novus Surgical Consultants $27.85 01/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125005433 CMS
Novus Surgical Consultants $16.02 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125005429 CMS
Novus Surgical Consultants $486.85 11/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125005470 CMS
Novus Surgical Consultants $238.65 11/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125005473 CMS
Novus Surgical Consultants $16.14 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125005435 CMS
Novus Surgical Consultants $7.57 11/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125005449 CMS
Novus Surgical Consultants $81.15 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125005452 CMS
Novus Surgical Consultants $4.09 11/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125005457 CMS
Novus Surgical Consultants $6.94 11/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125005461 CMS
Novus Surgical Consultants $29.96 11/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125005440 CMS
Novus Surgical Consultants $144.07 11/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125005444 CMS
Novus Surgical Consultants $18.10 11/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125005465 CMS
Stryker Corporation $31.32 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119973037 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, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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