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

TAD GERLINGER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1922097971
CMS profile
178392
Location
CHICAGO, IL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$630,713.46

  • Reported across 328 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$96,630.35

17 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
Royalty or License $80,088.38 4
Consulting Fee $14,337.50 3
Travel and Lodging $1,510.09 4
Food and Beverage $694.38 6

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $95,130.35 16
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $1,500.00 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $77,867.85 80
PY2019 $151,672.58 83
PY2020 $67,512.85 39
PY2021 $34,392.83 44
PY2022 $76,759.81 38
PY2023 $125,877.19 27
PY2024 $96,630.35 17

Payment records · PY2024 (17)

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
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $30.25 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149493247 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $21,174.42 02/20/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149492115 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $43.08 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149492089 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $69.72 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149492091 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $181.56 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149492097 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $325.02 03/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149492101 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $460.45 03/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149492103 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $565.62 03/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149492105 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $174.71 03/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149492095 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $195.06 03/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149492099 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $159.00 04/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149492093 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $1,787.50 04/02/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149492107 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $11,050.00 04/02/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149492109 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $23,052.63 05/18/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149492117 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $20,463.49 08/06/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149492113 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $15,397.84 11/19/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149492111 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $1,500.00 07/17/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105910270 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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