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

EUGENE W BRABSTON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1710151931
CMS profile
1286717
Location
BIRMINGHAM, AL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$94,091.96

  • Reported across 99 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$16,664.68

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 $15,150.00 1
Food and Beverage $892.84 11
Travel and Lodging $621.84 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
LinkBio Corp $16,146.69 4
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $166.87 1
Bioventus LLC $140.56 3
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $95.06 1
MEDACTA USA, INC. $29.00 1
ConvaTec Inc. $28.34 1
PRIME SURGICAL, LLC $22.12 1
Stryker Corporation $18.09 1
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $17.95 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $49.52 3
PY2019 $1,933.38 11
PY2020 $1,765.71 8
PY2021 $6,211.58 11
PY2022 $24,911.60 20
PY2023 $42,555.49 32
PY2024 $16,664.68 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 $3.97 01/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137437273 CMS
Bioventus LLC $4.54 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137437275 CMS
Bioventus LLC $132.05 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137437277 CMS
ConvaTec Inc. $28.34 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151371056 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $166.87 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154729871 CMS
LinkBio Corp. $15,150.00 01/26/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132816522 CMS
LinkBio Corp. $83.33 02/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132816526 CMS
LinkBio Corp. $374.85 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132816528 CMS
LinkBio Corp. $538.51 03/05/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132816524 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $29.00 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143693854 CMS
Prime Surgical, LLC $22.12 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131146744 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $95.06 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014453 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $17.95 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149507158 CMS
Stryker Corporation $18.09 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119783569 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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