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

JAMES R FOSTER

Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Service Providers Podiatrist Foot & Ankle Surgery

NPI
1376961656
CMS profile
5702141
Location
COLUMBUS, OH

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$4,074.48

  • Reported across 85 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$144.43

8 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 $144.43 8

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $34.94 2
Amgen Inc. $30.15 1
Abbott Laboratories $18.75 1
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $17.63 1
Averitas Pharma Inc. $15.19 1
MIMEDX Group, Inc. $13.91 1
Nevro Corp. $13.86 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $130.72 2
PY2019 $2,376.11 3
PY2020 $77.51 3
PY2021 $213.96 10
PY2022 $580.28 29
PY2023 $551.47 30
PY2024 $144.43 8

Payment records · PY2024 (8)

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
Abbott Laboratories $18.75 01/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125036971 CMS
Amgen Inc. $30.15 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111576742 CMS
Averitas Pharma Inc. $15.19 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133426279 CMS
MIMEDX Group, Inc. $13.91 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140259239 CMS
Nevro Corp. $13.86 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130747014 CMS
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $14.61 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113900101 CMS
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.33 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113900103 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $17.63 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149546231 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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