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

ROBERT W WESTERMANN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1841585239
CMS profile
501463
Location
IOWA CITY, IA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$110,076.04

  • Reported across 183 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$22,064.39

39 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
Consulting Fee $16,237.50 7
Travel and Lodging $3,057.71 8
Food and Beverage $2,375.43 23
Royalty or License $393.75 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $18,729.48 25
Responsive Arthroscopy Inc $2,393.75 4
Stryker Corporation $625.50 7
Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. $138.30 1
Arthrex, Inc. $89.30 1
MEDACTA USA, INC. $88.06 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,446.21 11
PY2019 $2,550.19 24
PY2020 $4,983.76 14
PY2021 $12,161.62 20
PY2022 $26,814.39 36
PY2023 $40,055.48 39
PY2024 $22,064.39 39

Payment records · PY2024 (39)

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
Arthrex, Inc. $89.30 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146570519 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $88.06 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143690978 CMS
Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. $138.30 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106528088 CMS
Responsive Arthroscopy Inc $500.00 02/21/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076293856 CMS
Responsive Arthroscopy Inc $500.00 05/30/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076293858 CMS
Responsive Arthroscopy Inc $1,000.00 06/27/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076293857 CMS
Responsive Arthroscopy Inc $393.75 12/31/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082215776 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $115.84 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520158 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $55.42 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520146 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $64.20 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520148 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $164.00 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520170 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $352.40 06/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520174 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $784.48 06/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520182 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $791.36 06/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520184 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $23.39 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520142 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $130.89 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520162 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $149.61 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520168 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $142.55 06/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520164 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $850.00 06/28/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520186 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $5,950.00 06/28/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520188 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $148.55 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520166 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $128.04 09/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520160 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $404.57 09/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520176 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $33.38 09/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520144 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $64.96 09/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520150 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $106.17 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520154 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $114.94 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520156 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $204.76 09/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520172 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $421.80 09/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520178 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $90.67 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520152 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $637.50 10/15/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520180 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $6,800.00 10/15/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149520190 CMS
Stryker Corporation $6.00 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013166 CMS
Stryker Corporation $118.14 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013168 CMS
Stryker Corporation $167.68 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013170 CMS
Stryker Corporation $117.81 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013172 CMS
Stryker Corporation $72.81 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013174 CMS
Stryker Corporation $18.51 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013176 CMS
Stryker Corporation $124.55 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120013178 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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