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

EDWARD M NELSEN FREUND

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1831141506
CMS profile
128677
Location
MILWAUKEE, WI

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$7,133.84

  • Reported across 57 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,880.84

20 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
Travel and Lodging $2,798.89 9
Food and Beverage $1,081.95 11

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $3,410.92 16
MEDACTA USA, INC. $249.89 2
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $220.03 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $327.19 5
PY2019 $263.23 4
PY2020 $58.64 3
PY2021 $162.79 3
PY2022 $258.66 4
PY2023 $2,182.49 18
PY2024 $3,880.84 20

Payment records · PY2024 (20)

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
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $75.72 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902020 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $144.31 05/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077902028 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $136.97 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143690192 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $112.92 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143690190 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $135.40 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155011131 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $35.00 05/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155011075 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $439.96 05/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155011077 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $363.98 05/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155011079 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $25.00 05/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155011081 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $323.25 05/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155011083 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $35.00 05/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155011127 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $66.45 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155011141 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $1,042.30 10/04/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155011189 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $35.00 10/04/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155011191 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $126.84 10/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155011199 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $36.63 10/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155011193 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $28.91 10/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155011195 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $158.17 10/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155011205 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $499.40 10/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155011197 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $59.63 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155011209 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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