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Covered recipient · General Payments record

JOEL L RUSH

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1609865542
CMS profile
253731
Location
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$8,660.69

  • Reported across 136 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,043.58

56 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 $2,043.58 56

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $1,470.81 49
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $356.80 4
TriMed, Inc. $107.79 1
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $77.69 1
Carbofix Orthopedics Inc $30.49 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $913.68 9
PY2019 $2,069.38 14
PY2020 $323.28 4
PY2021 $331.55 6
PY2022 $1,797.21 22
PY2023 $1,182.01 25
PY2024 $2,043.58 56

Payment records · PY2024 (56)

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
Carbofix Orthopedics Inc $30.49 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149629053 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $48.45 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077822364 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $149.52 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077822464 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $127.80 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077822416 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $31.03 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077822379 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $77.69 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149478623 CMS
Stryker Corporation $28.07 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963853 CMS
Stryker Corporation $27.63 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963855 CMS
Stryker Corporation $22.75 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963857 CMS
Stryker Corporation $24.80 04/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963859 CMS
Stryker Corporation $17.00 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963861 CMS
Stryker Corporation $9.75 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963863 CMS
Stryker Corporation $25.00 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963865 CMS
Stryker Corporation $9.75 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963867 CMS
Stryker Corporation $17.00 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963869 CMS
Stryker Corporation $28.01 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963871 CMS
Stryker Corporation $9.75 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963873 CMS
Stryker Corporation $9.44 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963875 CMS
Stryker Corporation $23.68 06/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963877 CMS
Stryker Corporation $134.34 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963879 CMS
Stryker Corporation $17.18 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963881 CMS
Stryker Corporation $5.31 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963883 CMS
Stryker Corporation $4.33 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963885 CMS
Stryker Corporation $9.30 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963887 CMS
Stryker Corporation $5.57 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963889 CMS
Stryker Corporation $35.16 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963891 CMS
Stryker Corporation $63.05 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963893 CMS
Stryker Corporation $3.25 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963895 CMS
Stryker Corporation $42.53 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963897 CMS
Stryker Corporation $7.92 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963899 CMS
Stryker Corporation $5.57 06/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963901 CMS
Stryker Corporation $21.23 07/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963903 CMS
Stryker Corporation $32.99 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963905 CMS
Stryker Corporation $38.34 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963907 CMS
Stryker Corporation $38.73 07/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963909 CMS
Stryker Corporation $28.64 08/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963911 CMS
Stryker Corporation $38.73 08/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963913 CMS
Stryker Corporation $25.51 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963915 CMS
Stryker Corporation $38.73 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963917 CMS
Stryker Corporation $38.73 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963919 CMS
Stryker Corporation $46.47 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963921 CMS
Stryker Corporation $39.18 08/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963923 CMS
Stryker Corporation $34.43 09/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963925 CMS
Stryker Corporation $41.61 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963927 CMS
Stryker Corporation $41.61 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963929 CMS
Stryker Corporation $37.57 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963931 CMS
Stryker Corporation $40.84 10/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963933 CMS
Stryker Corporation $49.01 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963935 CMS
Stryker Corporation $40.84 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963937 CMS
Stryker Corporation $48.20 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963939 CMS
Stryker Corporation $40.17 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963941 CMS
Stryker Corporation $48.20 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963943 CMS
Stryker Corporation $24.52 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963945 CMS
Stryker Corporation $34.43 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963947 CMS
Stryker Corporation $15.96 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119963949 CMS
Trimed, Inc. $107.79 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146115963 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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