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

JAMES FREDERICK FOSTER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Surgery Vascular Surgery

NPI
1760617922
CMS profile
1393189
Location
IOWA CITY, IA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$36,344.21

  • Reported across 281 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,393.83

28 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

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $698.42 12
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $410.00 8
Penumbra, Inc. $164.25 6
Urgo Medical North America, LLC $121.16 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,546.59 50
PY2019 $10,589.16 62
PY2020 $495.89 16
PY2021 $4,678.35 27
PY2022 $1,238.06 33
PY2023 $15,402.33 65
PY2024 $1,393.83 28

Payment records · PY2024 (28)

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
Medtronic, Inc. $10.68 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119472709 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $487.50 04/03/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112034899 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $11.53 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119472713 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $4.32 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119472711 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $17.49 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119472715 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $35.32 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119472717 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $23.63 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119472725 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $6.44 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119472719 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $7.31 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119472721 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $78.06 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119472723 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $12.55 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119472729 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $3.59 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119472727 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $16.90 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076220556 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $12.62 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076220558 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $21.89 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076220560 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $30.57 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076220562 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $33.40 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076220564 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $48.87 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076220566 CMS
Urgo Medical North America, LLC $16.79 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149426303 CMS
Urgo Medical North America, LLC $104.37 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149426305 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $28.47 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148103706 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $54.34 07/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148103710 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $11.86 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148103748 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $26.84 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148103860 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $15.95 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148103876 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $190.37 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148103840 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $54.49 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148103856 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $27.68 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148103852 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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