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

ANDREW J FRIEDMANN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1467899229
CMS profile
5174563
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$27,376.38

  • Reported across 175 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,299.28

21 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
Food and Beverage $1,299.28 21

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medinc of Texas $747.01 11
Stryker Corporation $268.13 2
EXACTECH, INC. $178.10 1
Ossur Americas, Inc. $75.00 6
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $31.04 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,236.37 33
PY2019 $17,398.59 51
PY2020 $1,532.16 9
PY2021 $463.52 6
PY2022 $2,211.94 23
PY2023 $2,234.52 32
PY2024 $1,299.28 21

Payment records · PY2024 (21)

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
EXACTECH, INC. $178.10 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151235922 CMS
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $31.04 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147246196 CMS
Medinc of Texas $22.23 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125021993 CMS
Medinc of Texas $159.65 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125022002 CMS
Medinc of Texas $21.72 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125022011 CMS
Medinc of Texas $34.52 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125022051 CMS
Medinc of Texas $174.04 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125022019 CMS
Medinc of Texas $48.27 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125022028 CMS
Medinc of Texas $50.50 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125022036 CMS
Medinc of Texas $20.31 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125022068 CMS
Medinc of Texas $28.11 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125022077 CMS
Medinc of Texas $163.17 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125022060 CMS
Medinc of Texas $24.49 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125022042 CMS
Ossur Americas, Inc. $18.00 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154278895 CMS
Ossur Americas, Inc. $11.20 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154278893 CMS
Ossur Americas, Inc. $9.00 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154278891 CMS
Ossur Americas, Inc. $16.80 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154278897 CMS
Ossur Americas, Inc. $8.00 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154278889 CMS
Ossur Americas, Inc. $12.00 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154278899 CMS
Stryker Corporation $119.39 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119831820 CMS
Stryker Corporation $148.74 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119831822 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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