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 KUKLA

Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Service Providers Podiatrist Foot & Ankle Surgery

NPI
1871570697
CMS profile
266841
Location
HICKORY, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,263.02

  • Reported across 95 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$635.34

22 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 $635.34 22

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $139.58 5
ORGANOGENESIS INC. $118.12 1
Next Science LLC $82.05 1
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $62.34 4
Amgen Inc. $60.51 3
ConvaTec Inc. $34.72 1
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $32.62 1
MIMEDX Group, Inc. $21.21 1
Nevro Corp. $19.58 1
Inari Medical, Inc. $16.43 1
Averitas Pharma Inc. $16.32 1
Solventum Corporation $16.06 1
Kerecis Limited $15.80 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $344.50 11
PY2019 $210.33 7
PY2020 $206.27 4
PY2021 $65.86 3
PY2022 $220.43 8
PY2023 $580.29 40
PY2024 $635.34 22

Payment records · PY2024 (22)

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
Amgen Inc. $23.82 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115835537 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.87 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115835545 CMS
Amgen Inc. $17.82 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115835553 CMS
Averitas Pharma Inc. $16.32 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133433283 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $32.62 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092374181 CMS
ConvaTec Inc. $34.72 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151377896 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $16.43 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140124492 CMS
Kerecis Limited $15.80 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120098478 CMS
MIMEDX Group, Inc. $21.21 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140262803 CMS
Nevro Corp. $19.58 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130777967 CMS
Next Science LLC $82.05 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147393468 CMS
Organogenesis Inc. $118.12 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145434944 CMS
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $17.00 03/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113906885 CMS
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $17.86 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113906887 CMS
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $13.46 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113906889 CMS
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $14.02 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113906891 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $16.38 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149519585 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $20.89 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149514137 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $48.00 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149514143 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $31.56 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149514141 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $22.75 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149514139 CMS
Solventum Corporation $16.06 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144069892 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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