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 G WELDER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine

NPI
1629565569
CMS profile
7227718
Location
COLUMBUS, OH

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$31,063.72

  • Reported across 28 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$4,156.15

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
Grant $2,500.00 1
Food and Beverage $860.64 13
Travel and Lodging $795.51 3

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $2,500.00 1
Stryker Corporation $1,553.12 12
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $51.59 2
GEMINI MOUNTAIN MEDICAL, LLC $35.13 1
MEDACTA USA, INC. $16.31 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $561.00 1
PY2021 $1,200.00 1
PY2022 $2,400.00 2
PY2023 $22,746.57 7
PY2024 $4,156.15 17

Payment records · PY2024 (17)

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

Program year 2024 2019202120222023 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
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $17.75 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077882300 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $33.84 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077882296 CMS
Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC $35.13 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119751412 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $16.31 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143693362 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $2,500.00 01/25/2024 Grant Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149599562 CMS
Stryker Corporation $40.05 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120012390 CMS
Stryker Corporation $86.56 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120012392 CMS
Stryker Corporation $307.22 02/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120012394 CMS
Stryker Corporation $475.40 02/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120012396 CMS
Stryker Corporation $117.69 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120012398 CMS
Stryker Corporation $12.89 05/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120012400 CMS
Stryker Corporation $158.60 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120012402 CMS
Stryker Corporation $170.60 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120012404 CMS
Stryker Corporation $8.44 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120012406 CMS
Stryker Corporation $19.35 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120012408 CMS
Stryker Corporation $33.00 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120012410 CMS
Stryker Corporation $123.32 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120012412 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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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