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

HOWARD M HAMMER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Otolaryngology Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck

NPI
1407841539
CMS profile
18737
Location
DICKSON, TN

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$8,240.66

  • Reported across 165 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,143.34

23 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 $1,969.66 4
Food and Beverage $1,173.68 19

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $2,548.18 8
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $265.72 6
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $142.81 1
OptiNose US, Inc. $58.22 3
Cochlear Americas $46.42 1
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $43.53 2
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $20.92 1
Acclarent, Inc $17.54 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,024.25 21
PY2019 $935.62 32
PY2020 $230.07 12
PY2021 $587.68 22
PY2022 $1,709.61 38
PY2023 $610.09 17
PY2024 $3,143.34 23

Payment records · PY2024 (23)

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
Acclarent, Inc $17.54 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077575816 CMS
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $142.81 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144649642 CMS
Cochlear Americas $46.42 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128590124 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $20.96 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116260536 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $22.57 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116384282 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $6.03 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148058713 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $19.39 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148058715 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $88.92 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148058717 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $23.34 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148058719 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $123.38 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148058721 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $4.66 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148058723 CMS
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $20.92 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140099378 CMS
Optinose US, Inc. $20.79 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142185139 CMS
Optinose US, Inc. $20.45 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142185169 CMS
Optinose US, Inc. $16.98 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142185189 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $116.69 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149569743 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $170.16 10/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149564013 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $425.06 10/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149564015 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $540.34 10/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149564017 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $834.10 10/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149564019 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $151.53 10/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149569747 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $161.18 10/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149569749 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $149.12 10/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149569745 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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