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 BENJAMIN COX

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine

NPI
1407879075
CMS profile
290876
Location
HURRICANE, WV

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$19,306.23

  • Reported across 135 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,809.45

15 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 $915.19 3
Food and Beverage $894.26 12

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $1,148.44 7
Think Surgical, Inc. $257.45 3
Novo Nordisk AS $125.00 1
TREACE MEDICAL CONCEPTS, INC. $120.58 1
Stryker Corporation $66.39 1
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $65.90 1
SI-BONE, INC. $25.69 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $3,778.83 20
PY2019 $1,956.19 8
PY2020 $559.90 1
PY2021 $4,192.34 27
PY2022 $5,472.08 47
PY2023 $1,537.44 17
PY2024 $1,809.45 15

Payment records · PY2024 (15)

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
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $43.17 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154729819 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $413.21 05/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154729851 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $306.66 05/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154729879 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $207.51 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154729807 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $56.65 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154729821 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $56.65 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154729835 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $64.59 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154729813 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $125.00 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097224251 CMS
SI-BONE, INC. $25.69 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120056083 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $65.90 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149526861 CMS
Stryker Corporation $66.39 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119806337 CMS
Think Surgical, Inc. $22.83 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138638971 CMS
Think Surgical, Inc. $195.32 12/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138638973 CMS
Think Surgical, Inc. $39.30 12/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138638975 CMS
TREACE MEDICAL CONCEPTS, INC. $120.58 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151437309 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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