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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024
American Orthodontics Corporation
American Orthodontics Corporation reported $374,691.39 across General Payments, Research, and Ownership to 7,064 physicians and teaching hospitals across 7,064 transactions.
- $374.7K
- All-tracks total
- 7,064
- Transactions
- 7,064
- Recipients
- +$18.5K
- General Payments vs PY2023
American Orthodontics Corporation reported $374,691.39 across all CMS Open Payments tracks (General + Research + Ownership) to 7,064 physicians and teaching hospitals in Program Year 2024 - ranking #846 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.0% of the all-tracks industry total); General Payments alone were $374,691.39, averaging $53.04 per recipient.
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CMS Sunshine Act warrant
Manufacturer american-orthodontics-corporation American Orthodontics Corporation
$374.7K · #846/1,925 · 0.0% industry · PY2024
- TOT $374.7K
- RANK #846
- SHARE 0.0%
- TXN 7,064
- RCP 7,064
- CAT 4
- GEN $374.7K
- ΔGEN +$18.5K
- TOP1 1.8%
- PY 2024
Volume peers
Nearest volume peer: Altus Partners. LLC ($374.7K)
American Orthodontics Corporation sits among 1,925 manufacturers disclosing under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Volume peers below are nearest by all-tracks total, not corporate affiliates. Open the company rankings →
Release-over-release change
General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024
American Orthodontics Corporation's CMS-reported General Payments increased by $18.5K (+5.2%) from PY2023 to PY2024.
How this year-over-year comparison is scoped
The comparison uses consecutive CMS program years only (current = prior + 1) from the manufacturer General Payments summary and excludes research and ownership or investment records. Non-consecutive year pairs are not shown as year-over-year change. This General Payments figure is not the all-tracks company total in the hero.
CMS source labels for this exact identifier: PY2022: AMERICAN ORTHODONTICS CORPORATIONPY2023: AMERICAN ORTHODONTICS CORPORATIONPY2024: American Orthodontics Corporation. Matching identifiers support a bounded record comparison; a label difference would be reported as unresolved rather than treated as a corporate event.
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General Payments: PY2023 vs PY2024
Annual CMS-reported totals for this company, not an all-category Open Payments total
- PY2023
- $356,193.03
- PY2024
- $374,691.39
What the Data Shows for American Orthodontics Corporation
Averaging $53.04 per transaction and $53.04 per recipient, American Orthodontics Corporation's Program Year 2024 total comes to $374,691.39 across 7,064 transactions and 7,064 physicians and teaching hospitals. In the CMS Open Payments database that is good for rank #846 of 1,925 companies, a comparatively small 0.0% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year.
"Food and Beverage" leads the 4-category general-payment breakdown below at $225.9K (60.3% of General Payments, 6,462 transactions) - see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately.
General Payment Breakdown by Type
American Orthodontics Corporation made 4 types of general payments. "Food and Beverage" is the largest category at $225.9K, 60.3% of General Payments.
American Orthodontics Corporation reports 4 general-payment categories - the top three are Food and Beverage (60.3%), Entertainment (26.6%), and Travel and Lodging (7.2%). The remaining 1 category make up 5.9% of this company's reported general-payment total. That multi-category mix is the kind of profile single-category reporters cannot show.
How American Orthodontics Corporation divides its payments
Ranked by total dollars reported per category
| Payment Type | Amount | Transactions | % of Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $225.9K | 6,462 | 60.3% |
| Entertainment | $99.7K | 91 | 26.6% |
| Travel and Lodging | $27.1K | 107 | 7.2% |
| Gift | $22.0K | 404 | 5.9% |
Recipient Concentration in General Payments
The five largest recipient relationships account for $24,064.78 (6.4%) of $374,691.39 in this company's General Payments records across 3,052 recipients.
General Payments scope note
Program Year 2024 General Payments view only: excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it is not the all-category company total above.
Largest General-Payment relationships for American Orthodontics Corporation
The five named recipients with the highest reported General Payments from this company
- 1
Martin Gochnour
$6,560.16 across 11 reported transactions
- 2
James Kolstad
$5,654.51 across 7 reported transactions
- 3
Ethan Just
$4,130.44 across 13 reported transactions
- 4
Kyle Aten
$3,946.54 across 7 reported transactions
- 5
Richard Friedman
$3,773.13 across 13 reported transactions
Compare this company's payment profile with similarly sized manufacturers in the company comparison tool, and consult the methodology for the CMS source scope.
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What HHI 2,500 means here
2,500 is the DOJ/FTC merger-guidelines threshold for "highly concentrated" markets; used here only as a familiar concentration reference, not a legal finding about American Orthodontics Corporation.
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Data sourced from CMS Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act). See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPharmaWatch
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