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

CHRISTOPHER R JONES

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1538302963
CMS profile
1305149
Location
JONESBORO, GA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$6,563.02

  • Reported across 48 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,281.70

10 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
Travel and Lodging $811.52 4
Food and Beverage $470.18 6

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $1,145.95 9
Linvatec Corporation $135.75 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,392.63 15
PY2019 $1,331.16 8
PY2020 $118.23 2
PY2021 $1,970.40 9
PY2022 $320.16 3
PY2023 $148.74 1
PY2024 $1,281.70 10

Payment records · PY2024 (10)

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
Linvatec Corporation $135.75 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147086220 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $23.84 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149503996 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $13.10 02/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149503994 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $144.87 02/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149504004 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $347.73 02/04/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149504010 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $30.28 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149503998 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $163.25 02/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149504006 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $237.69 02/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149504008 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $62.85 04/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149504000 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $122.34 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149504002 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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