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

MAX GEHRMAN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1861846883
CMS profile
4220602
Location
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$50,569.17

  • Reported across 119 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,497.94

12 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 $978.15 4
Food and Beverage $519.79 8

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Peerless Surgical Inc. $1,184.68 7
Stryker Corporation $255.28 2
Medtronic, Inc. $42.88 2
Vericel Corporation $15.10 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $3,324.92 8
PY2022 $42,037.48 66
PY2023 $3,708.83 33
PY2024 $1,497.94 12

Payment records · PY2024 (12)

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

Program year 2024 202120222023 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. $18.69 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119523096 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $24.19 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119523098 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $150.00 01/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125524479 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $38.23 01/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125524481 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $103.76 01/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125524483 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $18.30 01/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125524485 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $99.48 01/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125524487 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $669.07 01/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125524489 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $105.84 01/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125524477 CMS
Stryker Corporation $118.66 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119835373 CMS
Stryker Corporation $136.62 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119835375 CMS
Vericel Corporation $15.10 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128575434 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
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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