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

STEVEN R ADAMS

Dental Providers Dentist General Practice

NPI
1497831127
CMS profile
604822
Location
ASHEVILLE, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2023

$2,198.35

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

Latest program year · PY2023

$1,691.41

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

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $787.91 6
Entertainment $500.00 1
Education $287.50 1
Gift $116.00 4

By paying entity

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Dentsply Sirona Inc $1,674.46 11
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $16.95 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $63.92 2
PY2019 $14.34 1
PY2020 $22.73 1
PY2021 $349.61 5
PY2022 $56.34 2
PY2023 $1,691.41 12

Payment records · PY2023 (12)

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

Program year 2023 20182019202020212022 Record-level detail is published for PY2023; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Dentsply Sirona Inc $13.97 03/22/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1022664899 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $11.36 04/05/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1022664901 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $68.00 09/21/2023 Gift Undisputed 01/23/2026 1022664931 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $675.00 09/21/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1022665007 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $287.50 09/21/2023 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1022665009 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $500.00 09/21/2023 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1022665011 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $50.00 09/21/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1022665013 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $23.00 09/21/2023 Gift Undisputed 01/23/2026 1022665015 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $2.00 09/21/2023 Gift Undisputed 01/23/2026 1022665017 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $23.00 09/21/2023 Gift Undisputed 01/23/2026 1022665019 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $20.63 12/08/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1022665001 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $16.95 03/08/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1011563461 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2023_P01232026_01102026.csv

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