Covered recipient · General Payments record
WALTER J EHRMAN
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
General Payments · PY2018–2024
$8,889.46
- Reported across 125 records
- CMS publication 2026-01-23
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 payment | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $1,784.52 | 20 |
By paying entity
PY2024 · sorted by reported total
| Paying entity | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| ATRICURE, INC. | $714.24 | 8 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $236.47 | 3 |
| ShockWave Medical, Inc | $207.94 | 1 |
| ABIOMED | $199.87 | 2 |
| CVRx Inc. | $153.43 | 1 |
| Artivion, Inc. | $131.60 | 1 |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | $80.93 | 1 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | $22.90 | 1 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $18.94 | 1 |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | $18.20 | 1 |
By program year
All program years on this page · sorted by year
Payment records · PY2024 (20)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABIOMED | $29.80 | 01/26/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1142244083 | CMS |
| ABIOMED | $170.07 | 02/15/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1142244101 | CMS |
| Artivion, Inc. | $131.60 | 10/16/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1145791084 | CMS |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $134.28 | 03/02/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1132842568 | CMS |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $66.69 | 03/19/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1132861928 | CMS |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $69.07 | 04/23/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1132857622 | CMS |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $73.44 | 06/06/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1132878923 | CMS |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $69.69 | 07/24/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1132842690 | CMS |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $64.55 | 12/05/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1132889146 | CMS |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $40.61 | 12/16/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1132888746 | CMS |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $195.91 | 12/16/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1132889256 | CMS |
| CVRx, Inc. | $153.43 | 02/21/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1128520760 | CMS |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | $18.20 | 03/29/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1133837912 | CMS |
| Goode Surgical Inc | $22.90 | 04/23/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1126609507 | CMS |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | $80.93 | 05/14/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1137143327 | CMS |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $18.94 | 03/06/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1117042642 | CMS |
| ShockWave Medical, Inc | $207.94 | 06/03/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1152976469 | CMS |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $25.35 | 03/11/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1148066975 | CMS |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $171.53 | 03/12/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1148066979 | CMS |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $39.59 | 09/24/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1148067072 | 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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