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

LEX HERWEN BARTE

Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Service Providers Podiatrist Foot & Ankle Surgery

NPI
1538787221
CMS profile
8267692
Location
ERIE, PA

General Payments · PY2020–2024

$9,025.80

  • Reported across 131 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,819.08

23 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 $1,450.98 21
Education $239.00 1
Travel and Lodging $129.10 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2020 $102.05 5
PY2021 $2,535.07 46
PY2022 $864.47 16
PY2023 $3,705.13 41
PY2024 $1,819.08 23

Payment records · PY2024 (23)

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
Amgen Inc. $22.28 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111525338 CMS
Enduromed, Llc $108.59 01/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119752599 CMS
Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC $118.28 05/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101879639 CMS
Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC $22.25 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101872571 CMS
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $181.39 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140113931 CMS
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $10.71 07/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140113935 CMS
LifeNet Health $8.85 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153023497 CMS
LifeNet Health $18.86 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153023499 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $239.00 01/11/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077819241 CMS
Paragon 28, Inc. $149.94 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138427962 CMS
Paragon 28, Inc. $80.63 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138427974 CMS
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $24.95 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113892294 CMS
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $15.49 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113892296 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $39.81 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149581589 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $23.31 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149581587 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $16.48 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149581585 CMS
Stryker Corporation $129.10 03/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119770226 CMS
Stryker Corporation $52.15 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119770228 CMS
TREACE MEDICAL CONCEPTS, INC. $122.19 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151426435 CMS
TREACE MEDICAL CONCEPTS, INC. $19.89 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151438941 CMS
TREACE MEDICAL CONCEPTS, INC. $113.80 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151441105 CMS
TREACE MEDICAL CONCEPTS, INC. $122.90 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151437741 CMS
Trimed, Inc. $178.23 05/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146115811 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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