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

KEVIN J KESSLER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1619943594
CMS profile
163853
Location
FT LAUDERDALE, FL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$7,700.30

  • Reported across 183 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,009.46

20 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 $1,009.46 20

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $685.92 20
PY2019 $2,782.83 34
PY2020 $709.35 34
PY2021 $741.14 38
PY2022 $851.16 22
PY2023 $920.44 15
PY2024 $1,009.46 20

Payment records · PY2024 (20)

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
Abbott Laboratories $18.48 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125156429 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $34.21 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077828496 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $9.00 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077828474 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $30.84 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077828500 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $36.71 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077828492 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $34.03 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077828504 CMS
DJO, LLC $27.11 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154741632 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $22.30 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077629030 CMS
Nevro Corp. $116.41 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130753873 CMS
Nevro Corp. $15.68 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130753895 CMS
Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc. $33.07 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123277058 CMS
Stryker Corporation $148.38 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875805 CMS
Stryker Corporation $24.55 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875807 CMS
Stryker Corporation $63.89 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875809 CMS
Stryker Corporation $96.52 07/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875811 CMS
Stryker Corporation $174.33 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875813 CMS
Stryker Corporation $30.21 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875815 CMS
Vericel Corporation $21.98 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128574932 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $23.05 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105918614 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $48.71 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155033718 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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