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 D HAMILTON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1598795130
CMS profile
299737
Location
BAKERSFIELD, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$7,482.22

  • Reported across 75 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,565.02

19 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 $1,456.91 6
Food and Beverage $1,108.11 13

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Arthrex, Inc. $2,072.31 16
Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc. $492.71 3

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,226.96 9
PY2019 $1,854.09 22
PY2020 $259.87 6
PY2021 $73.48 4
PY2022 $1,012.29 11
PY2023 $490.51 4
PY2024 $2,565.02 19

Payment records · PY2024 (19)

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
Arthrex, Inc. $164.98 04/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146508952 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $73.49 04/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146508955 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $111.16 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146508959 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $80.67 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146508963 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $275.88 05/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146508967 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $62.49 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146508971 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $275.88 05/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146508975 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $275.88 05/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146508978 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $75.81 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146508983 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $112.15 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146508987 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $138.47 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146508991 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $80.51 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146508995 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $51.07 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146508999 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $58.31 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146509003 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $108.74 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146509007 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $126.82 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146509011 CMS
Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc. $12.71 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101904532 CMS
Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc. $89.20 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101904530 CMS
Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc. $390.80 05/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101904534 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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