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

JAMES W HICKS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1912433392
CMS profile
11291346
Location
DAPHNE, AL

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$5,596.02

  • Reported across 69 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,954.54

26 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 $1,076.68 24
Travel and Lodging $877.86 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Life Spine, Inc. $687.30 3
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $490.83 2
Medtronic, Inc. $216.21 4
DJO, LLC $162.67 7
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $98.30 1
SI-BONE, INC. $72.44 2
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. $65.66 1
DAVOL INC. $53.21 1
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $28.59 1
Carlsmed, Inc. $24.75 1
ConvaTec Inc. $19.72 1
PRIME SURGICAL, LLC $17.99 1
Ethicon US, LLC $16.87 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $60.51 1
PY2022 $2,510.06 25
PY2023 $1,070.91 17
PY2024 $1,954.54 26

Payment records · PY2024 (26)

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
Baxter Healthcare $28.59 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118284481 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $98.30 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092456696 CMS
Carlsmed, Inc. $24.75 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143595748 CMS
ConvaTec Inc. $19.72 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151375980 CMS
Davol Inc. $53.21 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127662011 CMS
DJO, LLC $41.67 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154742168 CMS
DJO, LLC $10.11 02/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154742170 CMS
DJO, LLC $8.56 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154742176 CMS
DJO, LLC $8.58 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154742180 CMS
DJO, LLC $25.65 03/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154742182 CMS
DJO, LLC $49.67 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154742196 CMS
DJO, LLC $18.43 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154742122 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $16.87 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077622242 CMS
Life Spine, Inc. $20.56 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144943995 CMS
Life Spine, Inc. $563.32 10/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144943993 CMS
Life Spine, Inc. $103.42 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144943991 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $108.90 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119545329 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $54.17 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119545331 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $36.90 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119545335 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.24 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119545333 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $314.54 12/04/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127605227 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $176.29 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127605121 CMS
Prime Surgical, LLC $17.99 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131147310 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $65.66 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089606297 CMS
SI-BONE, INC. $42.61 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120068339 CMS
SI-BONE, INC. $29.83 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120074328 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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