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

EDWARD W AKEYSON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1427079789
CMS profile
200865
Location
ALCOA, TN

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$44,104.09

  • Reported across 155 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$4,037.90

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
Consulting Fee $2,250.00 1
Travel and Lodging $1,334.47 3
Food and Beverage $453.43 8

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
HD LifeSciences LLC $2,250.00 1
SMOKY MOUNTAIN SURGICAL LLC $1,486.56 8
Arthrex, Inc. $160.95 1
Medtronic, Inc. $112.42 1
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $27.97 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $8,493.61 40
PY2019 $9,319.48 60
PY2020 $17,313.84 21
PY2021 $1,009.54 7
PY2022 $2,976.67 9
PY2023 $953.05 6
PY2024 $4,037.90 12

Payment records · PY2024 (12)

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
Arthrex, Inc. $160.95 08/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146571093 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $112.42 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119312580 CMS
NanoHive Medical LLC $2,250.00 01/25/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092012370 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $27.97 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127599116 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $15.86 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612503 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $646.56 07/29/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612511 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $130.36 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612505 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $18.44 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612513 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $34.02 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612515 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $10.08 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612517 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $104.28 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612509 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $526.96 12/31/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612507 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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