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

MATTHEW E WELLS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1639160955
CMS profile
255171
Location
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,128.85

  • Reported across 55 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$354.49

5 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 $354.49 5

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $133.44 1
Onkos Surgical, Inc. $100.72 1
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $88.23 1
Spinal Simplicity, LLC $16.67 1
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $15.43 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $455.27 9
PY2019 $1,374.89 18
PY2020 $55.29 2
PY2021 $227.12 6
PY2022 $598.66 11
PY2023 $63.13 4
PY2024 $354.49 5

Payment records · PY2024 (5)

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
Boston Scientific Corporation $88.23 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092428885 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $15.43 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077822525 CMS
Onkos Surgical, Inc. $100.72 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144441271 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $133.44 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149531026 CMS
Spinal Simplicity, LLC $16.67 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144046631 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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