Covered recipient · General Payments record
RICHARD A RUFFIN
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Hand Surgery
General Payments · PY2018–2024
$6,209.53
- Reported across 49 records
- CMS publication 2026-01-23
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 payment | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $866.66 | 7 |
By paying entity
PY2024 · sorted by reported total
| Paying entity | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | $308.48 | 2 |
| AXOGEN | $255.33 | 2 |
| Stryker Corporation | $153.63 | 1 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | $133.72 | 1 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | $15.50 | 1 |
By program year
All program years on this page · sorted by year
Payment records · PY2024 (7)
Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS
| Paying entity | Amount | Date | Nature of payment | Dispute status | Published | Record ID | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | $158.61 | 01/08/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1152415540 | CMS |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | $149.87 | 10/14/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1152415538 | CMS |
| AXOGEN | $126.58 | 03/12/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1143636214 | CMS |
| AXOGEN | $128.75 | 11/11/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1143643089 | CMS |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | $15.50 | 03/12/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1151257014 | CMS |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | $133.72 | 05/13/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1082482185 | CMS |
| Stryker Corporation | $153.63 | 07/08/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1119963679 | 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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