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

ERIC FULKERSON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Trauma

NPI
1568581429
CMS profile
71115
Location
WALNUT CREEK, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$145,555.53

  • Reported across 159 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$4,972.84

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
Royalty or License $3,558.26 2
Travel and Lodging $748.19 1
Food and Beverage $666.39 13

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Globus Medical, Inc. $3,643.11 4
Stryker Corporation $801.53 2
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $245.35 2
Bioventus LLC $184.93 4
Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC $40.58 2
Teleflex LLC $30.31 1
Paragon 28, Inc. $27.03 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $37,331.01 24
PY2019 $4,859.11 43
PY2020 $75,919.94 22
PY2021 $15,046.60 15
PY2022 $1,541.76 18
PY2023 $5,884.27 21
PY2024 $4,972.84 16

Payment records · PY2024 (16)

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
Bioventus LLC $18.33 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137440440 CMS
Bioventus LLC $7.38 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137440442 CMS
Bioventus LLC $152.61 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137440444 CMS
Bioventus LLC $6.61 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137440446 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $26.05 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145017417 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $58.80 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145017421 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $1,757.48 05/23/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145017459 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $1,800.78 09/11/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145017461 CMS
Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC $17.17 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1099943500 CMS
Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC $23.41 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1099943498 CMS
Paragon 28, Inc. $27.03 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138435456 CMS
Stryker Corporation $53.34 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119832358 CMS
Stryker Corporation $748.19 07/29/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119832360 CMS
Teleflex LLC $30.31 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142082462 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $98.55 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155025338 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $146.80 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155025404 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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