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

GEORGE MEKHAIL WAHBA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine

NPI
1982893772
CMS profile
225823
Location
BAKERSFIELD, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$7,004.82

  • Reported across 97 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,239.00

16 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 $1,389.08 6
Food and Beverage $849.92 10

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $2,239.00 16

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $761.84 15
PY2019 $1,152.03 22
PY2020 $373.81 9
PY2021 $744.90 5
PY2022 $1,217.03 20
PY2023 $516.21 10
PY2024 $2,239.00 16

Payment records · PY2024 (16)

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
Medtronic, Inc. $865.48 01/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119580007 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $358.00 02/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119580029 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $47.90 02/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119580031 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $68.02 02/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119580033 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $157.96 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119580009 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $47.18 02/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119580035 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $168.59 02/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119580011 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $2.50 02/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119580021 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $58.91 02/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119580023 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $49.85 02/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119580025 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $70.44 02/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119580027 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $31.74 02/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119580015 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $61.31 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119580013 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $26.38 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119580017 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $114.62 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119580019 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $110.12 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119580037 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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