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 WAYNE BYRAM

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine

NPI
1992064026
CMS profile
4706915
Location
SHREVEPORT, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$29,268.31

  • Reported across 255 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,206.98

29 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 $1,206.98 29

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $1,017.76 24
MEDACTA USA, INC. $115.34 1
Arthrex, Inc. $19.83 1
Innovation Technologies Inc $19.72 1
Bioventus LLC $18.51 1
Sanara MedTech Inc. $15.82 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $17,056.27 42
PY2019 $3,448.81 42
PY2020 $774.21 38
PY2021 $2,917.23 49
PY2022 $2,148.89 27
PY2023 $1,715.92 28
PY2024 $1,206.98 29

Payment records · PY2024 (29)

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. $19.83 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146538048 CMS
Bioventus LLC $18.51 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137437647 CMS
Innovation Technologies Inc $19.72 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130819597 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $115.34 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143693986 CMS
Sanara MedTech Inc. $15.82 01/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154923618 CMS
Stryker Corporation $8.66 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789544 CMS
Stryker Corporation $8.26 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789546 CMS
Stryker Corporation $16.36 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789548 CMS
Stryker Corporation $45.56 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789550 CMS
Stryker Corporation $27.70 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789552 CMS
Stryker Corporation $96.29 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789554 CMS
Stryker Corporation $12.09 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789556 CMS
Stryker Corporation $13.41 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789558 CMS
Stryker Corporation $116.05 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789560 CMS
Stryker Corporation $34.66 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789562 CMS
Stryker Corporation $28.72 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789564 CMS
Stryker Corporation $32.11 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789566 CMS
Stryker Corporation $153.17 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789568 CMS
Stryker Corporation $74.53 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789570 CMS
Stryker Corporation $166.68 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789572 CMS
Stryker Corporation $6.02 07/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789574 CMS
Stryker Corporation $16.77 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789576 CMS
Stryker Corporation $19.31 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789578 CMS
Stryker Corporation $32.97 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789580 CMS
Stryker Corporation $8.54 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789582 CMS
Stryker Corporation $17.01 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789584 CMS
Stryker Corporation $1.57 11/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789586 CMS
Stryker Corporation $73.93 12/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789588 CMS
Stryker Corporation $7.39 12/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789590 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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