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

PAUL J GHATTAS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1982913299
CMS profile
1335495
Location
FRISCO, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$15,462.11

  • Reported across 146 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,645.13

23 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 $1,840.60 3
Food and Beverage $804.53 20

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $2,034.00 6
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $141.19 5
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $128.02 4
Arthrex, Inc. $108.00 3
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $89.42 1
Stryker Corporation $66.00 1
Ethicon US, LLC $52.72 2
Solventum Corporation $25.78 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,717.44 14
PY2019 $3,911.50 25
PY2020 $996.36 14
PY2021 $666.56 18
PY2022 $706.07 20
PY2023 $3,819.05 32
PY2024 $2,645.13 23

Payment records · PY2024 (23)

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
Arthrex, Inc. $34.00 10/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146517109 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $40.00 10/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146517113 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $34.00 10/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146517105 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $14.45 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077892538 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $43.30 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077892438 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $34.64 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077892440 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $35.63 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077892446 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $24.57 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077647496 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $28.15 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077647504 CMS
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $89.42 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147246334 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $55.37 02/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014877 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $83.90 02/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014879 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $722.21 03/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014873 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $816.42 04/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014883 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $301.97 05/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014875 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $54.13 09/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014881 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $24.55 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149539845 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $18.87 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149539841 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $43.38 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149539849 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $31.50 08/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149539847 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $22.89 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149539843 CMS
Solventum Corporation $25.78 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144083514 CMS
Stryker Corporation $66.00 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119836673 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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