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

ADAM N WHATLEY

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1518159664
CMS profile
158840
Location
ZACHARY, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$13,267.88

  • Reported across 243 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,785.12

18 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

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Arthrex, Inc. $2,631.08 2
Stryker Corporation $1,053.13 12
BIOCOMPOSITES INC $42.78 1
Vericel Corporation $23.14 1
Medtronic, Inc. $21.41 1
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $13.58 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $715.08 33
PY2019 $3,167.19 55
PY2020 $955.79 42
PY2021 $1,838.07 51
PY2022 $962.60 19
PY2023 $1,844.03 25
PY2024 $3,785.12 18

Payment records · PY2024 (18)

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
Arthrex, Inc. $131.08 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146500733 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $2,500.00 06/20/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146500730 CMS
BIOCOMPOSITES INC $42.78 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146432912 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $21.41 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119354906 CMS
Stryker Corporation $67.65 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013840 CMS
Stryker Corporation $19.07 02/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013842 CMS
Stryker Corporation $33.80 02/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013844 CMS
Stryker Corporation $74.20 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013846 CMS
Stryker Corporation $72.56 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013848 CMS
Stryker Corporation $301.56 08/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013850 CMS
Stryker Corporation $172.57 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013852 CMS
Stryker Corporation $67.09 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013854 CMS
Stryker Corporation $81.32 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013856 CMS
Stryker Corporation $25.75 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013858 CMS
Stryker Corporation $74.27 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013860 CMS
Stryker Corporation $63.29 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013862 CMS
Vericel Corporation $23.14 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128572285 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $13.58 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105920119 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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