Organisation paid for research Program year 2025 Source: CMS Open Payments

Western Orthopaedics Research and Education Foundation

Neither a doctor nor a teaching hospital

Research payments

$762,850

53 payments

Through program year 2025, Western Orthopaedics Research and Education Foundation is reported as receiving $762,850 in research payments, across 53 payments.

By program year

7 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2025 Research $64,115 4
2024 Research $85,256 5
2023 Research $139,865 3
2022 Research $97,314 8
2021 Research $162,503 13
2020 Research $100,761 8
2019 Research $113,035 12

Breakdown

Who paid Research payments · program years 2019–2025
  1. Arthrex, Inc. $723,019 42 payments
  2. Lima USA, Inc. $29,144 7 payments
  3. Exactech, Inc. $10,687 4 payments
Studies the money was for Research payments · program years 2019–2025
  1. Arthrex SOS Total Shoulder Registry $318,740 14 payments
  2. Arthrex Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Registry $274,528 8 payments
  3. Arthrex/Western Orthopaedics Research and Education Foundation research collaboration $53,600 4 payments
  4. Eclipse Shoulder Prosthesis $33,999 4 payments
  5. A Randomized, Multi-Center, Prospective, Safety and Efficacy Study comparing the outcome of total reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) with SMR Stemless Reverse vs SMR Reverse Shoulder System $29,144 7 payments
  6. Subscapularis repair in reverse shoulder arthroplasty $19,439 3 payments
  7. Demineralized Bone Matrix Rotator Cuff Study (DBM RC) $19,242 3 payments
  8. Eclipse Shoulder Prosthesis $1,560 1 payment
  9. Eclipse Shoulder Prosthesis $711 2 payments
  10. Demineralized Bone Matrix Rotator Cuff Study (DBM RC) $625 2 payments
What the money was spent on Research payments · program years 2019–2025
  1. Overhead $85,256 5 payments

Only reported on some payments, and a payment can report more than one category, so these amounts overlap.

What you are looking at

A noncovered recipient is an organisation paid for research that is neither an individual clinician nor a teaching hospital — typically a contract research organisation, a foundation or a trial site network. They receive 81% of all reported research money, which is why they appear here at all.

Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2025

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