James Beckmann, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Boise, IDNPI 1164657854
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (40.6%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 51.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,489 and has fallen 89.2% since, to $377 in 2025.
Across 30 payments — averaging $251.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$4K
- Steelhead Surgical Inc$3K
- Vericel Corporation$196
- Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.$181
- Vertex$122
- Ossur Americas, Inc.$76
- plus $102 from 4 others
Across 25 payments — averaging $878.17 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Aesculap Biologics, LLC$22K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,06341%
- Travel & lodging$1742%
- Food & beverage$1,35118%
- Education$2,95639%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 11 | $3,910 |
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 3 | $2,956 |
| Vericel Corporation | 6 | $196 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $181 |
| Vertex | 1 | $122 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $27 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Sawtooth Surgical Solutions Inc | 1 | $14 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$7,543 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 139 orthopaedic surgery providers in Idaho.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 30 | $293 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 26 | $263 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 27 | $93 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Jeffry MenznerBoise$194K
- Christopher HiroseBoise$182K
- Joseph LynchBoise$140K
- Tracye LawyerBoise$129K
- Jared JohnsonBoise$82K
- Andrew CurranBoise$34K
- Michael CurtinBoise$33K
- Ronald KristensenBoise$29K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.