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

CHAO LI

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1588022123
CMS profile
7219052
Location
PALM SPRINGS, CA

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$9,825.61

  • Reported across 66 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,619.52

17 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 $1,936.74 6
Food and Beverage $682.78 11

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Globus Medical, Inc. $2,199.99 11
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $275.72 3
Medtronic, Inc. $124.31 2
Alphatec Spine, Inc $19.50 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $1,117.04 14
PY2020 $535.67 5
PY2021 $1,820.93 16
PY2022 $1,951.69 6
PY2023 $1,780.76 8
PY2024 $2,619.52 17

Payment records · PY2024 (17)

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

Program year 2024 20192020202120222023 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
Alphatec Spine, Inc $19.50 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095493207 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $18.26 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077809469 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $116.22 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077809435 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $141.24 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077809458 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $310.87 06/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145018475 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $3.00 06/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145018477 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $74.50 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145018379 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $575.00 07/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145018493 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $39.48 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145018381 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $120.74 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145018383 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $310.87 07/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145018463 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $575.00 07/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145018489 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $162.00 07/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145018491 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $24.67 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145018473 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $3.86 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145018469 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $59.78 08/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119387298 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $64.53 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119387300 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, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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