Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-06-30 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

LAURA LINSCHEID

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine

NPI
1861056392
CMS profile
6717048
Location
SUGAR LAND, TX

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$55,371.92

  • Reported across 143 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$6,060.91

31 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

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Grant $3,333.33 1
Food and Beverage $1,599.65 26
Travel and Lodging $1,127.93 4

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $3,333.33 1
Arthrex, Inc. $1,359.93 11
Stryker Corporation $502.84 8
Medinc of Texas $416.50 5
Vericel Corporation $170.68 2
Ossur Americas, Inc. $133.16 1
Bioventus LLC $107.82 1
Nalu Medical, Inc. $19.10 1
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $17.55 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $231.03 5
PY2020 $794.64 12
PY2021 $3,226.47 29
PY2022 $2,248.54 31
PY2023 $1,013.72 19
PY2024 $41,796.61 16
PY2025 $6,060.91 31

Payment records · PY2025 (31)

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

Program year 2025 201920202021202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Arthrex, Inc. $395.33 04/08/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246604641 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $244.20 05/14/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246615163 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $34.00 05/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246574842 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $30.00 05/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246574924 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $30.00 05/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246577156 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $244.20 05/15/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246616611 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $34.00 05/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246574914 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $30.00 05/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246574916 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $244.20 05/16/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246615135 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $40.00 05/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246574918 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $34.00 05/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246577160 CMS
Bioventus LLC $107.82 02/25/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1226859495 CMS
Medinc of Texas $91.43 05/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1244787049 CMS
Medinc of Texas $141.30 05/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1244785757 CMS
Medinc of Texas $12.35 05/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1244785751 CMS
Medinc of Texas $141.86 05/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1244785755 CMS
Medinc of Texas $29.56 12/09/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1244785099 CMS
Nalu Medical, Inc. $19.10 11/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1234852145 CMS
Ossur Americas, Inc. $133.16 03/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1185523248 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $3,333.33 01/21/2025 Grant Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242285163 CMS
Stryker Corporation $147.27 02/06/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227705494 CMS
Stryker Corporation $91.80 06/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227705498 CMS
Stryker Corporation $18.20 08/08/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227705502 CMS
Stryker Corporation $138.25 08/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227705507 CMS
Stryker Corporation $35.00 08/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227705512 CMS
Stryker Corporation $2.80 08/19/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227705515 CMS
Stryker Corporation $11.80 08/19/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227705521 CMS
Stryker Corporation $57.72 08/21/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227705525 CMS
Vericel Corporation $50.00 06/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248166627 CMS
Vericel Corporation $120.68 07/01/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248166629 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $17.55 02/26/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1213921464 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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