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

BENJAMIN KAMEL

Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Service Providers Podiatrist Foot & Ankle Surgery

NPI
1396192712
CMS profile
7231792
Location
POMONA, CA

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$33,632.35

  • Reported across 80 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$9,936.95

12 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

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Arthrex, Inc. $7,500.00 3
MedShape, Inc. $2,148.75 2
Vital Orthopedics Llc $83.47 1
Linvatec Corporation $66.37 1
Stryker Corporation $59.85 2
Trilliant Surgical LLC. $44.34 1
TREACE MEDICAL CONCEPTS, INC. $19.35 1
Empire Medical, Inc $14.82 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $219.65 5
PY2020 $137.29 3
PY2021 $4,797.21 22
PY2022 $7,653.05 28
PY2023 $10,888.20 10
PY2024 $9,936.95 12

Payment records · PY2024 (12)

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

Program year 2024 20192020202120222023 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. $2,500.00 04/18/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146536922 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $2,500.00 06/20/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146536924 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $2,500.00 10/17/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146536920 CMS
Empire Medical, Inc $14.82 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095769439 CMS
Linvatec Corporation $66.37 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147086302 CMS
MedShape, Inc. $2,098.75 10/29/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154732307 CMS
MedShape, Inc. $50.00 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154732309 CMS
Stryker Corporation $29.65 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119871525 CMS
Stryker Corporation $30.20 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119871527 CMS
TREACE MEDICAL CONCEPTS, INC. $19.35 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151426273 CMS
Trilliant Surgical LLC. $44.34 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154735745 CMS
Vital Orthopedics Llc $83.47 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092502546 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
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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