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

CAROL A AKERMAN

Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Service Providers Podiatrist Foot Surgery

NPI
1720039779
CMS profile
305334
Location
KNOXVILLE, TN

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$5,317.07

  • Reported across 119 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$976.18

22 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 $976.18 22

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $283.71 2
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $273.30 8
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $156.52 4
Inari Medical, Inc. $130.71 1
ABBVIE INC. $36.58 2
Amgen Inc. $34.21 2
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $30.88 1
Averitas Pharma Inc. $21.16 1
CashFlow Solutions, LLC $9.11 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $198.60 6
PY2019 $578.26 12
PY2020 $135.03 7
PY2021 $462.74 14
PY2022 $1,136.50 23
PY2023 $1,829.76 35
PY2024 $976.18 22

Payment records · PY2024 (22)

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
ABBVIE INC. $16.92 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103190440 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $19.66 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103190442 CMS
Amgen Inc. $16.46 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111511585 CMS
Amgen Inc. $17.75 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111511587 CMS
Averitas Pharma Inc. $21.16 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133416178 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $30.88 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120663506 CMS
CashFlow Solutions, LLC $9.11 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139261619 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $130.71 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140056260 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $157.51 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119450991 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $126.20 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119450993 CMS
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $124.99 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113889854 CMS
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $8.88 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113889856 CMS
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $12.27 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113889858 CMS
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $10.38 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113889860 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $13.00 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149529868 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $10.43 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149529864 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $63.36 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149529876 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $21.13 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149529874 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $11.20 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149529866 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $19.34 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149529872 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $117.77 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149529878 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $17.07 11/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149529870 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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