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

KENNETH B FORD JR.

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1518386572
CMS profile
748410
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$989.78

  • Reported across 26 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$488.61

16 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 $488.61 16

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $222.54 11
Stryker Corporation $159.03 1
ORTHALIGN INC $51.46 2
Globus Medical, Inc. $29.18 1
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $26.40 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $15.19 1
PY2023 $485.98 9
PY2024 $488.61 16

Payment records · PY2024 (16)

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

Program year 2024 20192023 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
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $7.57 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077894386 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $37.63 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077894422 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $15.40 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077894786 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $28.34 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077894050 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $28.06 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077894234 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $45.07 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077894364 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $9.74 08/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077893650 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $8.50 08/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077894530 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $4.64 08/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077895312 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $10.33 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077894092 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $27.26 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077893296 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $29.18 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145034232 CMS
ORTHALIGN INC $26.35 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126500356 CMS
ORTHALIGN INC $25.11 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126500358 CMS
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $26.40 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151251319 CMS
Stryker Corporation $159.03 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119829285 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
2019, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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