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

JOHN M KESLER

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Physician Assistant Surgical

NPI
1548718711
CMS profile
11208117
Location
MARRERO, LA

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$1,257.21

  • Reported across 55 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$311.00

15 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 $311.00 15

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $137.74 6
PY2022 $603.36 24
PY2023 $205.11 10
PY2024 $311.00 15

Payment records · PY2024 (15)

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

Program year 2024 202120222023 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. $24.46 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117295568 CMS
Avanos Medical $58.98 10/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149310653 CMS
Bioventus LLC $23.54 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137455436 CMS
BREG, INC $15.92 08/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120663338 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $34.62 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145019679 CMS
HERAEUS MEDICAL, LLC. $1.01 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1075917057 CMS
HERAEUS MEDICAL, LLC. $11.14 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1075917065 CMS
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $21.43 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147252339 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $24.65 07/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143690886 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $4.51 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144772019 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $5.75 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144773107 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $10.49 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144773099 CMS
Stryker Corporation $41.43 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120035419 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $14.80 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105920215 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $18.27 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154992474 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
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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