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

CANDACE MITCHELL WATERS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Otolaryngology

NPI
1457794893
CMS profile
1399064
Location
CHAPEL HILL, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$1,567.52

  • Reported across 17 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,129.68

11 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 $926.98 5
Food and Beverage $202.70 6

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $1,116.10 10
Medtronic, Inc. $13.58 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $277.96 3
PY2019 $148.12 2
PY2021 $11.76 1
PY2024 $1,129.68 11

Payment records · PY2024 (11)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192021 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
Medtronic, Inc. $13.58 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119328781 CMS
Stryker Corporation $330.83 11/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119918886 CMS
Stryker Corporation $45.25 11/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119918888 CMS
Stryker Corporation $95.67 11/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119918890 CMS
Stryker Corporation $1.88 11/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119918892 CMS
Stryker Corporation $41.36 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119918894 CMS
Stryker Corporation $17.72 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119918896 CMS
Stryker Corporation $32.49 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119918898 CMS
Stryker Corporation $17.47 11/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119918900 CMS
Stryker Corporation $15.89 11/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119918902 CMS
Stryker Corporation $517.54 12/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119918904 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, 2021, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2021 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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