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

CRAIG FORSTHOEFEL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1407387657
CMS profile
4223735
Location
BETHESDA, MD

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$21,965.74

  • Reported across 147 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$980.92

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

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $980.92 12

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $328.70 3
Alphatec Spine, Inc $221.13 4
Abbott Laboratories $144.98 1
Zavation LLC $121.65 1
Clariance, Inc. $80.26 1
SI-BONE, INC. $67.52 1
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $16.68 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $121.74 2
PY2020 $2,035.76 9
PY2021 $4,411.10 35
PY2022 $4,022.47 45
PY2023 $10,393.75 44
PY2024 $980.92 12

Payment records · PY2024 (12)

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

Program year 2024 20182020202120222023 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 $144.98 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125050124 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $66.20 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095491004 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $73.57 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095491008 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $60.52 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095491002 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $20.84 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095491006 CMS
Clariance, Inc. $80.26 11/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089389959 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $72.90 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119306034 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $60.01 05/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119306036 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $195.79 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119306038 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $16.68 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127604158 CMS
SI-BONE, INC. $67.52 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120065773 CMS
Zavation Medical Products, LLC $121.65 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140977701 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, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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