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

ERIC MATTHEW WAETJEN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Surgery

NPI
1831540608
CMS profile
2439567
Location
LAKE CHARLES, LA

General Payments · PY2020–2024

$7,432.24

  • Reported across 33 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,859.99

25 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 $1,483.00 22
Travel and Lodging $1,376.99 3

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2020 $50.00 1
PY2022 $3,358.49 2
PY2023 $1,163.76 5
PY2024 $2,859.99 25

Payment records · PY2024 (25)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 202020222023 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
ACUMED LLC $800.20 03/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125014161 CMS
ACUMED LLC $110.00 04/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125014134 CMS
ACUMED LLC $25.76 04/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125014143 CMS
ACUMED LLC $551.03 04/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125014153 CMS
ACUMED LLC $118.60 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125014128 CMS
Alon Medical Technology $31.20 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089019747 CMS
Bioventus LLC $20.30 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137451115 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $22.84 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077849476 CMS
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. $46.20 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137018316 CMS
Endo USA, Inc. $18.29 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138589452 CMS
Innovation Technologies Inc $22.84 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130824637 CMS
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $119.55 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140094505 CMS
Kerecis Limited $127.51 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120112845 CMS
Kerecis Limited $209.01 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120117540 CMS
MIMEDX Group, Inc. $17.68 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140271406 CMS
PolyNovo North America LLC $19.44 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148186787 CMS
PolyNovo North America LLC $126.64 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148186789 CMS
Skeletal Dynamics Inc $22.03 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082481691 CMS
Sonex Health, Inc. $38.96 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134569764 CMS
Sonex Health, Inc. $161.25 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134570372 CMS
Sonex Health, Inc. $41.25 01/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134569786 CMS
Sonex Health, Inc. $14.00 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134568920 CMS
Stryker Corporation $22.92 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120006548 CMS
TELA Bio, Inc. $150.19 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154190867 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $22.30 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105911218 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
2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2020 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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