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

BRIGGS MASON AHEARN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1659798015
CMS profile
4220614
Location
PINEVILLE, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$49,328.24

  • Reported across 105 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,414.47

14 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
Consulting Fee $2,831.95 2
Food and Beverage $413.68 11
Travel and Lodging $168.84 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Catalyst OrthoScience $3,164.47 7
Peerless Surgical Inc. $157.00 2
Stryker Corporation $38.42 2
Bioventus LLC $36.72 2
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $17.86 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $148.64 1
PY2019 $28,155.65 23
PY2020 $7,652.55 16
PY2021 $3,641.90 11
PY2022 $3,805.15 24
PY2023 $2,509.88 16
PY2024 $3,414.47 14

Payment records · PY2024 (14)

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
Bioventus LLC $20.39 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137435633 CMS
Bioventus LLC $16.33 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137435635 CMS
Catalyst OrthoScience $88.29 06/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119641891 CMS
Catalyst OrthoScience $168.84 06/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119642221 CMS
Catalyst OrthoScience $26.43 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119641603 CMS
Catalyst OrthoScience $606.95 08/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119641455 CMS
Catalyst OrthoScience $18.00 09/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119641589 CMS
Catalyst OrthoScience $30.96 09/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119641617 CMS
Catalyst OrthoScience $2,225.00 10/24/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119641463 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $17.86 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077868328 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $38.51 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125524774 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $118.49 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125524776 CMS
Stryker Corporation $18.18 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119757330 CMS
Stryker Corporation $20.24 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119757332 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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