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Covered recipient · General Payments record

JAMES T LAYSON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1508355983
CMS profile
8803740
Location
OCEANSIDE, CA

General Payments · PY2020–2024

$15,686.10

  • Reported across 96 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$6,160.56

57 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 $3,041.17 40
Travel and Lodging $2,979.51 16
Education $139.88 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $4,038.94 21
Stryker Corporation $1,589.89 28
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $315.16 4
DAVOL INC. $154.18 1
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $34.91 1
Elevate Surgical CO $27.48 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2020 $759.00 1
PY2021 $2,417.50 4
PY2022 $2,756.94 11
PY2023 $3,592.10 23
PY2024 $6,160.56 57

Payment records · PY2024 (57)

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

Program year 2024 2020202120222023 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
Davol Inc. $154.18 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127662305 CMS
Elevate Surgical CO $13.74 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120628594 CMS
Elevate Surgical CO $13.74 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120628599 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $136.34 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077756123 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $22.34 03/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077756129 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $9.28 03/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077756141 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $147.20 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077756119 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $34.91 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149591009 CMS
Stryker Corporation $165.69 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889755 CMS
Stryker Corporation $164.82 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889757 CMS
Stryker Corporation $108.15 03/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889759 CMS
Stryker Corporation $70.14 04/05/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889761 CMS
Stryker Corporation $50.71 04/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889763 CMS
Stryker Corporation $160.90 04/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889765 CMS
Stryker Corporation $43.86 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889767 CMS
Stryker Corporation $14.44 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889769 CMS
Stryker Corporation $37.66 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889771 CMS
Stryker Corporation $205.18 05/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889773 CMS
Stryker Corporation $135.62 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889775 CMS
Stryker Corporation $33.96 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889777 CMS
Stryker Corporation $32.22 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889779 CMS
Stryker Corporation $46.69 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889781 CMS
Stryker Corporation $38.93 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889783 CMS
Stryker Corporation $34.23 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889785 CMS
Stryker Corporation $16.75 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889787 CMS
Stryker Corporation $16.73 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889789 CMS
Stryker Corporation $17.74 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889791 CMS
Stryker Corporation $47.73 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889793 CMS
Stryker Corporation $32.12 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889795 CMS
Stryker Corporation $32.22 12/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889797 CMS
Stryker Corporation $8.00 12/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889799 CMS
Stryker Corporation $11.50 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889801 CMS
Stryker Corporation $23.68 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889803 CMS
Stryker Corporation $27.31 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889805 CMS
Stryker Corporation $7.53 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889807 CMS
Stryker Corporation $5.38 12/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889809 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $428.10 04/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155033984 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $35.00 04/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155033986 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $427.33 04/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155033988 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $25.00 04/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155033990 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $192.72 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155034006 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $35.00 04/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155034012 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $225.46 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155034106 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $505.69 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155034108 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $200.23 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155034110 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $1,479.18 06/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155034022 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $57.92 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155034028 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $23.07 09/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155034052 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $11.72 09/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155034054 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $11.72 09/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155034058 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $23.07 09/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155034060 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $23.07 09/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155034062 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $23.07 09/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155034064 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $126.92 09/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155034056 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $139.88 09/26/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155034046 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $21.04 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155034112 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $23.75 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155034114 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
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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