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

JOSEPH M MORREALE

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine

NPI
1659509875
CMS profile
75246
Location
THORNTON, CO

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$58,129.65

  • Reported across 356 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,374.31

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 $1,049.89 17
Travel and Lodging $258.25 2
Entertainment $66.17 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $12,384.19 100
PY2019 $19,113.14 97
PY2020 $13,486.31 43
PY2021 $1,207.45 36
PY2022 $4,861.74 25
PY2023 $5,702.51 35
PY2024 $1,374.31 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
Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC $34.88 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152819629 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $110.70 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488900 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $47.44 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488902 CMS
Amgen Inc. $24.85 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111656167 CMS
Argentum Medical $66.17 06/17/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154923184 CMS
Centinel Spine, LLC $97.08 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133892578 CMS
Expanding Innovations, Inc. $75.00 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148207421 CMS
Expanding Innovations, Inc. $83.00 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148207449 CMS
Expanding Innovations, Inc. $116.00 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148207461 CMS
Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC $21.23 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119752166 CMS
Highridge Medical LLC $86.46 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149012684 CMS
Innovation Technologies Inc $27.23 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130822632 CMS
Nevro Corp. $5.87 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130768414 CMS
Nevro Corp. $125.00 03/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130768420 CMS
Nevro Corp. $133.25 03/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130768422 CMS
Nexxt Spine LLC $69.09 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145542115 CMS
Nexxt Spine LLC $117.04 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147025158 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $44.98 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089606819 CMS
Spineology Inc. $71.52 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115750328 CMS
Theragen, Inc. $17.52 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138551786 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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