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

CHRISTIAN P CHRISTENSEN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1457387854
CMS profile
202460
Location
LEXINGTON, KY

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$164,427.15

  • Reported across 148 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$59,503.69

35 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
Royalty or License $37,141.78 8
Consulting Fee $20,479.20 16
Travel and Lodging $1,096.16 2
Food and Beverage $786.55 9

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
EXACTECH, INC. $49,373.44 29
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $9,982.05 4
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $126.10 1
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $22.10 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $491.07 10
PY2019 $1,058.67 11
PY2020 $17,699.13 16
PY2021 $22,927.03 26
PY2022 $3,275.00 14
PY2023 $59,472.56 36
PY2024 $59,503.69 35

Payment records · PY2024 (35)

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 $2,667.86 01/29/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154720477 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $1,974.87 04/29/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154720479 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $2,926.39 07/29/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154720481 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $2,412.93 10/30/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154720483 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $280.00 01/02/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235698 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $1,120.00 01/12/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235658 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $420.00 01/16/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235696 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $9,326.99 02/22/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235694 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $560.00 02/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235686 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $1,120.00 02/28/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235688 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $420.00 02/29/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235690 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $1,120.00 03/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235684 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $6,733.98 03/31/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235692 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $280.00 04/15/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151236242 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $8,260.00 05/09/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151236240 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $783.40 05/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151236246 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $312.76 05/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151236248 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $18.86 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151236250 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $84.52 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151236252 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $53.49 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151236254 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $672.00 05/17/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151236238 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $5,836.96 06/30/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151236244 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $1,120.00 08/16/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235862 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $347.20 08/28/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235860 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $1,120.00 09/24/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235858 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $5,261.80 09/30/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235866 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $980.00 10/11/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235500 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $118.58 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235546 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $1,540.00 11/08/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235544 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $81.84 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235548 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $179.44 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235550 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $1,120.00 11/09/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235542 CMS
EXACTECH, INC. $101.62 11/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235552 CMS
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $22.10 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147245584 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $126.10 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149527085 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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