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

BRETT S SANDERS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Hand Surgery

NPI
1427048073
CMS profile
246440
Location
CHATTANOOGA, TN

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$57,318.47

  • Reported across 138 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$5,743.08

19 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
Consulting Fee $3,960.00 6
Food and Beverage $966.66 12
Travel and Lodging $816.42 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $4,203.47 8
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $828.29 2
Innovation Technologies Inc $287.88 2
Stryker Corporation $120.96 2
EXACTECH, INC. $106.84 1
Catalyst OrthoScience $87.31 1
Anika Therapeutics, Inc. $58.00 2
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $50.33 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $4,467.75 33
PY2019 $11,988.85 17
PY2020 $11,341.29 13
PY2021 $8,512.42 21
PY2022 $13,169.32 22
PY2023 $2,095.76 13
PY2024 $5,743.08 19

Payment records · PY2024 (19)

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
Anika Therapeutics, Inc. $13.75 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136022795 CMS
Anika Therapeutics, Inc. $44.25 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136022807 CMS
Catalyst OrthoScience $87.31 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119642077 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $495.00 02/06/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154724947 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $990.00 05/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154724975 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $147.59 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154725025 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $495.00 06/25/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154724969 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $247.50 07/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154724967 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $1,485.00 07/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154724971 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $247.50 07/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154725011 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $95.88 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154725017 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $106.84 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151234910 CMS
Innovation Technologies Inc $136.10 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130823655 CMS
Innovation Technologies Inc $151.78 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130823657 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $816.42 04/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154013695 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $11.87 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154013697 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $50.33 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520686 CMS
Stryker Corporation $75.00 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119967391 CMS
Stryker Corporation $45.96 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119967393 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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